Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (June 20, 1786 - July 23, 1859) was a French poet.

She was born in Douai. Following the French Revolution, her family emigrated to Guadeloupe. In 1817 she married her second husband, the actor Prosper Lanchantin-Valmore.

She published �l�gies et Romances, her first poetic work, in 1819. Her melancholy, elegiaical poems are admired for their grace and profound emotion.

Marceline appearred as an actress and singer in Douai, Rouen, the 'Op�ra-Comique' in Paris, and 'Th��tre de la Monnaie in Brussels, where she notably played Rosine in Beaumarchais's le Barbier de S�ville. She retired from the stage in 1823.

Her poetry is also known for being dark and depressing which reflects her troubled and hard-luck life.

She died in Paris.

Bibliography

• �l�gies et romances (1819)
• El�gies et Po�sies nouvelles (1825)
• Po�sies In�dites (1830)
• Les Pleurs (1833)
• Pauvres Fleurs (1839)
• Bouquets et pri�res (1843)
• Po�sies posthumes (1860, posthumous)