DEBORAH STEINMAIR reads a novel about the sad life of one of Picasso's mistresses in horror and wonder and talks to the author about her delightful book.
LOUISA Treger is a British author with South African roots: Her mother is from South Africa and she still has family here. Her 103-year-old South African aunt recently passed away. She visited the country to launch her latest book, The Paris Muse.
Born in London, she studied classical music at the Royal College of Music and the Guildhall School of Music. She was a freelance orchestral violinist and teacher. She then began writing and completed a PhD in English, with an emphasis on early 20th century women writers, at University College London. All of her (award-winning) novels are historical fiction and her mission is to give a voice to women geniuses who have been overlooked by history, or whose role has been underappreciated. She wants to restore them to their rightful place.
In The Paris Muse, her gaze falls on Dora Maar, a remarkable woman and artist who also happened to be Picasso's most interesting mistress and muse, and who was more or less destroyed by his intensity and cruelty over a period of nine years, during which he consistently had other relationships, playing the women off against each other...
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LOUISA Treger is a British author with South African roots: Her mother is from South Africa and she still has family here. Her 103-year-old South African aunt recently passed away. She visited the country to launch her latest book, The Paris Muse.
Born in London, she studied classical music at the Royal College of Music and the Guildhall School of Music. She was a freelance orchestral violinist and teacher. She then began writing and completed a PhD in English, with an emphasis on early 20th century women writers, at University College London. All of her (award-winning) novels are historical fiction and her mission is to give a voice to women geniuses who have been overlooked by history, or whose role has been underappreciated. She wants to restore them to their rightful place.
In The Paris Muse, her gaze falls on Dora Maar, a remarkable woman and artist who also happened to be Picasso's most interesting mistress and muse, and who was more or less destroyed by his intensity and cruelty over a period of nine years, during which he consistently had other relationships, playing the women off against each other...
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