This is the first full-scale biography of Judith Gautier, aFrench poet, translator and historical novelist, the daughter of Théophile Gautier and Ernesta Grisi, sister of the noted singer and ballet dancer Carlotta Grisi. It is based on her published works, on the memoirs of Suzanne Meyer-Zundel and of many other friends and contemporaries.

She was notes for her affair with the composer Richard Wagner , and was an Oriental scholar with books dealing mainly with Chinese and Japanese themes. Her translations were among the earliest to bring Chinese and Japanese poetry to the attention of modern European poets. She was a member of the Académie Goncourt (1910–17).

This vintage book was published in 1987 and is in excellent condition, with light wear to the dust jacket.