Anne-France Dautheville

Quick Facts

Intro

French journalist, writer, and motorcyclist

Places

France

Writer Journalist

Work field

Journalism Literature

Gender

Female

Birth

22 March 1944 People who share this birthday

Star sign

Aries People who share this birthday

Age

80 years

The details (from wikipedia)

Biography

Anne-France Dautheville (born 1943 or 1944) is a French journalist and writer, noted for being the first woman to motorcycle solo around the world.

Early life

Dautheville grew up in Paris.

Motorcycle travels

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

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.

Fashion

French fashion house Chloé used Dautheville as the inspiration for its fall 2016 fashion show. 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."

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.