George Sand

01 Jul, 1804 in Paris, Ile-de-France, France

Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin de Francueil (1 July 1804 – 8 June 1876), best known by her pen name George Sand, was a French novelist, memoirist and journalist. One of the most popular writers in Europe in her lifetime, being more renowned than either Victor Hugo or Honoré de Balzac... in England in the 1830s and 1840s, Sand is recognized as one of the most notable writers of the European Romantic era, with more than 50 volumes of various works to her credit, including tales, plays and political texts, alongside her 70 novels.

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