Monnier

“Towards Mathilde” – Claire Denis’s absorbing documentary on modern dance maven Mathilde Monnier is in many ways the apotheosis of the director’s career-long obsession with the human body.

Vitro Nasu » 2005 » April 2005

“Towards Mathilde” – Claire Denis’s absorbing documentary on modern dance maven Mathilde Monnier is in many ways the apotheosis of the director’s career-long obsession with the human body.

From Chocolate to Ecclair – Claire Denis is Excellent 2005

He was called Monnier, sometimes more familiarly Armand, his baptismal appellation.

The Parisians — Volume 04 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

He was called Monnier, sometimes more familiarly Armand, his baptismal appellation.

The Parisians — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

"Monnier," said Lebeau, in a voice that evinced emotion, "listen to me: I have received injuries from society which, when they were fresh, half - maddened me -- that is twenty years ago.

The Parisians — Volume 07 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

"Monnier," he said, gently; "I am so much obliged to you for the manly speech you have made.

The Parisians — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

"Monnier," said Lebeau, in a voice that evinced emotion, "listen to me: I have received injuries from society which, when they were fresh, half-maddened me -- that is twenty years ago.

The Parisians — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

"Monnier," he said, gently; "I am so much obliged to you for the manly speech you have made.

The Parisians — Volume 07 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

And the fact that Beach's life-long partner was a woman who kept a neighbouring avant-garde bookshop is hidden behind sedate references to "Miss Monnier", who occasionally sends her epistolary best wishes.

The Letters of Sylvia Beach edited by Keri Walsh 2010

By 1935 she had met Adrienne Monnier (1892 – 1955), poet, feminist writer, publisher, and a central figure in the contemporary avant-garde scene in France.

Gis��le Freund. 2009