Man'ha Garreau-Dombasle
Man'ha Garreau-Dombasle, born Germaine Massenet, was born in Calais on June 11, 1898 and died in Deauville on August 4, 1999 at the age of 101. She was the French-American singer, actress and director Arielle Dombasle's grand-mother.[1]
Man'ha Garreau-Dombasle was a writer, a poet as well as a translator. Among others, she translated her friend Ray Bradburry's Fahrenheit 411 into French. He later dedicated his 1972 novel, The Halloween Tree to her : "With love for Madame Man'ha Garreau-Dombasle met twenty-seventh years ago in the graveyard at midnight on the Island of Janitzio at Lake Pátzcuaro, Mexico, and remembered on each anniversary of the Day of the Dead."[2]
References
- ^ "GARREAU-DOMBASLE (Man'Ha). - Masque. - Livre Rare Book". www.livre-rare-book.com. Retrieved 2016-10-22.
- ^ Bradbury, Ray (2015). The Halloween Tree. Random House Children's Books. ISBN 9780553512724.