author
Séverine
1855–1929
A fearless French journalist and writer, she turned newspaper columns into a place for social protest, sharp observation, and compassion for ordinary people. Writing as Séverine, she became one of the most recognizable female voices in the press of her time.
4 Audiobooks
Dans les Entrailles de la Terre
by Séverine
Le droit à l'avortement
by Séverine
About the author
Born Caroline Rémy de Guebhard in Paris in 1855, she became famous under the pen name Séverine. She worked closely with the radical writer and politician Jules Vallès and later took over Le Cri du Peuple, making her one of the first women in France to lead a daily newspaper.
Her journalism was deeply political, and she was known for anarchist, socialist, feminist, and pacifist commitments. Rather than keeping a distance from public struggles, she wrote in support of workers, women, and people pushed to the margins, which gave her work both urgency and warmth.
Today, Séverine is remembered not just as a major journalist of the French Belle Époque, but as a writer who used her voice boldly and publicly. Her career helped open space for women in the press while showing how literary style and political conviction could work together.