Marie-Louise Dromart (29/07/1880, Haybes (Ardennes) - 23/10/1937, Paris): Une poétesse ardennaise, infirmière héroïque durant la Grande guerre. (French)

The author uses family archives he later gave to the city of Haybes to relate the life of his greatgrandmother, Marie-Louise Dromart (1880-1937), a French poetess who had a success during the period between the First and the Second World Wars. As a nurse and vice-president of the local Red Cross during World War I, she personally witnessed the German invasion in August 1914 since her village was the first one in France to be marched on. She worked with doctors such as Georges Bourgeois or Jules Séjournet in the hospitals of Haybes and Fumay under German orders until August 1915, and then played an important role as a wartime godmother. For her courage during the destruction of her village and the massacre of a part of the population, she was awarded a special-unit citation (Ordre de la Nation) and the Legion of Honor for acting at the risk of her own life. After WWl, she resumed her activity as a poet and had an abundant correspondence with many artists, writers and poets. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

L'auteur rapporte, à partir d'archives familiales cédées à la ville de Haybes, la vie de son arrière-grand-mère, Marie-Louise Dromart (1880-1937), poétesse qui connut une petite notoriété entre les deux guerres, et qui traversa la première guerre mondiale comme infirmière et vice-présidente de la Croix-Rouge locale. M.-L. Dromart vécut l'arrivée des Allemands en août 1914 en première loge, car son village fut le premier village de France envahi. Elle travailla jusqu'en août 1915 dans des hôpitaux de Haybes ou Fumay sous le joug allemand, en collaboration avec les médecins Georges Bourgeois ou Jules Séjournet, puis elle joua un rôle important comme marraine de guerre. Sa bravoure durant ces terribles journées qui virent la destruction de son village et le massacre d'une partie de la population lui valut d'être citée à l'Ordre de la Nation et d'être décorée de la Légion d'honneur au péril de sa vie. M.-L. Dromart reprit après-guerre son activité de poétesse et entretint une riche correspondance avec les milieux littéraires et poétique de l'entredeux guerres. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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