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Emmanuelle Arsan

エマニュエル・アルサン　/　えまにゅえる・あるさん

Writer from Thailand

January 19, 1932 – June 12, 2005　・　Bangkok, Thailand

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My Take

Emmanuelle Arsan is one of those names I find more fascinating as a riddle than as a biography. Marayat Rollet-Andriane, born in Bangkok, wrote a novel whose title character became a cultural shorthand far bigger than the book itself. What I keep turning over is how a single fictional woman on a journey of self-discovery eclipsed her own creator's identity, even sparking debate over who really authored the work. To me she represents the strange fate of writers whose creations outgrow them. She lived to 73, but the Emmanuelle she invented seems unlikely to ever stop circulating.

Overview

Marayat Rollet-Andriane (née Krasaesin (Thai: มารยาท กระแสสินธุ์) or Bibidh (Thai: มารยาท พิพิธวิรัชชการ; RTGS: Marayat Phiphitwiratchakan); born 19 January 1932 – 12 June 2005), known by the pen name Emmanuelle Arsan, was a Thai-French novelist, best known for the novel featuring the fictional character Emmanuelle, a woman who sets out on a voyage of sexual self-discovery under varying circumstances.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Emmanuelle Arsan
Name (Japanese): エマニュエル・アルサン
Reading: えまにゅえる・あるさん
Born: January 19, 1932 – June 12, 2005
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Capricorn / Monkey
Origin: Bangkok, Thailand
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: writer / actor / screenwriter / model / film director

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

5. Works & records

Category	Title	Role	Year
Notable work	Emmanuelle	—

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%9E%E3%83%8B%E3%83%A5%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B5%E3%83%B3

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