Virginie Ancelot, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Virginie Ancelot

French writer

Date of Birth: 15-Mar-1792

Place of Birth: Dijon, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

Date of Death: 20-Mar-1875

Profession: writer, playwright, painter, salonnière, novelist, memoirist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Marguerite-Louise Virginie Chardon Ancelot (1792–1875) was a French painter, writer and playwright.
Ancelot was born to a parliamentary family in Dijon, and was married to playwright Jacques-François Ancelot.
From 1824 to 1866 Ancelot hosted a literary salon on Paris's rue de Seine.Her plays were collected in four volumes and published as Theâtre complet in 1848.
She published two memoirs: Les Salons de Paris, foyers éteints (1858) and Un salon de Paris 1824-64 (1866).
Her most important novels include Georgine (1855), Une route sans issue (1857), and Un nœud de ruban (1858).