Madeleine Deslandes
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| Born | 16 April 1866 Montluçon, France |
| Died | 2 March 1929 Paris, France |
| Pen name | Ossit |
| Notable works | A quoi bon? (1892) Ilse (1894) Cyrène (1908). |
Baronne Madeleine Annette Edmé Angélique Vivier-Deslandes (16 April 1866 – 2 March 1929) was a French writer associated with the English Pre-Raphaelites. She was the subject of a painting by Edward Burne-Jones.[1]
Deslandes travelled to England in 1893 to meet Burne-Jones in preparation for an article that she was writing about him for Le Figaro. It was arranged that Burne-Jones would paint Deslandes' portrait, which he did in 1895–96.[2]
Deslandes wrote under the pseudonym "Ossit". She wrote four novels : A quoi bon? (1892), Ilse (1894), Il n'y a plus d'îles bienheureuses (1898) and Cyrène (1908).
According to Emily Wubben, Deslandes "pursued a glittering social life in Parisian literary and artistic circles. She was celebrated as a hostess of a cultured salon that attracted the presence of renowned artists, poets and composers."[3] She once entered a lion's cage at a fair and recited poetry by Jean Richepin.[4]
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