Anne-France Dautheville

Anne-France Dautheville (born March 22nd 1944) is a French journalist and writer, noted for being the first woman to motorcycle solo around the world.

Motorcycle travels

Dautheville grew up in Paris.[1] In 1972, she participated in the Orion-Raid motorcycle tour, riding solo on a Moto Guzzi 750 from France to Isfahan, Iran, and continuing on to Afghanistan.[2] In 1973, she became the first woman to motorcycle solo around the world, covering 12,500 miles over three continents riding a Kawasaki 125.[1] During this time, she was a freelance journalist, and she supported herself by writing about her travels.[1] She continued her world travels until 1981.[1]

Travelogues

Dautheville's books Une Demoiselle sur une Moto (Girl on a Motorcycle), published in 1973, and Et J'ai Suivi le Vent (And I Followed the Wind), published in 1975, document her travels.[1]

Fashion

French fashion house Chloé used Dautheville as the inspiration for its fall 2016 fashion show.[3][1] Designer Clare Waight Keller said that she wanted to evoke Dautheville's "amazing sense of adventure, daring and courage but also the curiosity of travelling." Waight Keller explained: "She had a boyish cool attitude but she also took these amazing dresses with her which she threw her sweaters and biker jackets over. I wanted to bring that lived in quality to the collection."[4]

Published works

  • Une demoiselle sur une moto. Flammarion. 1973.
  • Et j'ai suivi le vent. Flammarion. 1975.
  • L'histoire de Jeff Walcott. Belfond. 1978.
  • La piste de l'or. Plon. 1982.
  • Le voleur d'images. Plon. 1983.
  • La ville sur l'eau. Plon. 1985.
  • Les anges de sainte Catherine. Stock. 1987.
  • Les variations Maraldi. Julliard. 1989.
  • L'Africaine. Olivier Orban. 1990.
  • Les chevaux du ciel. Le Rocher. 1992.
  • Julie chevalier de Maupin. Lattès. 1995.
  • Les très riches heures de Meslois sur le Sansonnet. Olympio. 2000.
  • Le grand dictionnaire de mon petit jardin. Minerva. 2004.
  • Dautheville, Anne-France; Gay, Pierre (2005). Les zoos pour quoi faire?. Delachaux et Niestlé.
  • L'intelligence du jardinier. Arthaud. 2009.
  • Le grand dictionnaire de mon petit jardin 2013. Belin.
  • Les miscellanées des plantes. Buchet Chastel. 2016.
  • Dautheville, Anne-France (2016). Impressions d'Avicenne. Kindle Direct Publishing.
  • Et j'ai suivi le vent. Payot. 2018.
  • Les Miscellanées de mon jardin. Buchet Castel. 2018.
  • La vieille qui conduisait des motos. Payot. 2019.
  • Harmonie. Alma. 2019.
  • Miscellanées des fleurs. Tout sur les Fleurs et un peu plus encore. Buchet Chastel. 2020.
  • L'Australie, c'est en bas à droite. Payot. 2021.
  • Roule ma poule! Mes balades magiques à moto. Payot. 2024.

Further reading

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Fury, Alexander (August 15, 2016). "In the '70s, She Motorcycled Around the World. Today, She's Fashion's Unlikely New Muse". T: The New York Times Style Magazine. Retrieved August 20, 2016.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  2. ^ "History of Overlanding - 1970s". OVERLAND magazine. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
  3. ^ Cartner-Morley, Jess (March 3, 2016). "Chloé Shows Us a Post-Girly World: A Show Inspired by Anne-France Dautheville, the First Woman to Motorcycle Solo Around the Globe, Gave Paris Fashion Week Its First Out-of-the-Box Hit". Paris fashion week. The Guardian. Retrieved August 20, 2016.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  4. ^ Moss, Victoria (March 3, 2016). "The Chloé Girl Gets on Her Motorbike for AW16". Paris Fashion Week. The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved August 20, 2016.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
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