Following the death of Élise in 1971, Jouhandeau finished his last days in Rueil-Malmaison with Marc.
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Under the influence of a young woman from the Carmel of Limoges, he embraced a mystical form of Catholicism and for a time thought to enter the orders.
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At age 40, he married a dancer, Élisabeth Toulemont, known as Caryathis « Elyse », the former mistress of Charles Dullin and an intimate friend of Jean Cocteau and Max Jacob.
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Born in Guéret, Creuse, Marcel Jouhandeau grew up in a world of women presided over by his grandmother.
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