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Raïssa Maritain
French poet and philosopher (–)
Raïssa Maritain (née Oumansoff) (September 12, in Rostov-on-Don &#; November 4, in Paris[1]) was a French poet and philosopher.
She was the wife of Jacques Maritain, with whom she worked and whose companion she was for more than half a century, at the center of a circle of French Catholic intellectuals.
Jacques and raïssa maritain
Her memoir, Les Grandes Amitiés, which won the prix du Renouveau français, chronicles this. Jacques Maritain, Raïssa and her sister Vera () formed what would be called "the three Maritains".
Biography
She was born on September 12, (Julian date: August 31, ) in the Russian Empire, in Rostov-on-Don, to a Jewish family.
Her parents were Ilya (Yuda) Oumansoff (Umantzov) (January 25, in Pavlohrad - February 21, in Paris) and Hissia (Gisya) Brozgol (December 29, in Rostov-on-Don - May 21, in France).
Her parents came from very devout and observant Hasidic Jewish families.
Her father ran a sewing workshop, while her
