Anne-France Dautheville

Anne-France Dautheville (born March 22nd 1944) is a French journalist and writer, noted for being the first woman to motorcycle solo around the world.

Anne-France Dautheville

Motorcycle travels

Dautheville grew up in Paris.^[1] In 1972, she participated in the Orion-Raid motorcycle tour, riding solo on a Moto Guzzi 750 from France to Isfahan, Iran, and continuing on to Afghanistan.^[2] In 1973, she became the first woman to motorcycle solo around the world, covering 12,500 miles over three continents riding a Kawasaki 125.^[1] During this time, she was a freelance journalist, and she supported herself by writing about her travels.^[1] She continued her world travels until 1981.^[1]

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.^[1]

Fashion

French fashion house Chloé used Dautheville as the inspiration for its fall 2016 fashion show.^[3][1] 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."^[4]

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.
• Et j'ai suivi le vent. Payot. 2018.
• Les Miscellanées de mon jardin. Buchet Castel. 2018.
• La vieille qui conduisait des motos. Payot. 2019.
• Harmonie. Alma. 2019.
• Miscellanées des fleurs. Tout sur les Fleurs et un peu plus encore. Buchet Chastel. 2020.
• L'Australie, c'est en bas à droite. Payot. 2021.
• Roule ma poule! Mes balades magiques à moto. Payot. 2024.

Further reading

• "Chloé's Muse, Anne-France Dautheville". T: The New York Times Style Magazine.
• Leonardi, Anne (June 11, 2014). "Anne-France Dautheville et Ses Papoteries Potagères" [Anne-France Dautheville and Her 'Talking Plants']. Culture. Charente Libre (in French). Archived from the original on August 20, 2016.