Laurence Bougault

Bougault died from an illness at the age of 48 on 26 October 2018 in Rennes, and was survived by her son and parents.

Bougault then began breeding a refined and rare equine, the Akhal-Teke, a Turkmen race horse and prized for its endurance, intelligence, and the distinctive sheen of its coat. In 2009, she made in a second long-distance trip on an Akhal-Teke from Isfahan, Iran westward to Turkey, Greece, Italy and finally to Paris, a trip of 6,500 kilometres (4,000 mi) in less than six months.

In 2004, she founded the International Stylistic Association (AIS), to bring together linguistic researchers to make their work better known. According to an obituary, "she has greatly contributed to giving this discipline the consistency of a field of research."

She received the Discovery grant in 2002 from the country's Centre National du Livre (National Center for Books) to continue her research. Whether in poetry or in prose, Bougault's writing sought to address the intensity of the “body-mind” states and the way in which these states work together.

As a very young girl, Bougault became passionate about the equestrian world and engaged in long distances travels on horseback. It began in 1997 with a trip to Mongolia. For her first long-distance endurance trip in 2001, she crossed southeast Africa from Lesotho, through South Africa, and northward to Malawi, a distance of 3,300 kilometres (2,100 mi), in eight months. That trip, with two Basuto ponies known for great stamina and courage, resulted in a written account of the adventure: Under the Eye of African Horses, published in French by Belin in 2003.

Bougault studied literature in Lyon in preparation for university studies in Paris. Certified in Modern Letters in 1992, she defended her Ph.D. dissertation in French literature at the University of Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3 under the supervision of Philippe Hamon, which was titled Cosmos and Logos in Modern Poetry. Appointed Assistant Professor at the University of Rennes in 1998, she moved to Brittany. In 2005, she began directing research at the Sorbonne University, under the direction of linguist Olivier Soutet. She supervised the dissertation of Stéphane Gallon at the University of Rennes, in 2013.

Laurence Bougault (25 August 1970 in Toulouse – died 26 October 2018 in Rennes), was a French writer and academic. She was also well known as a long-distance adventurer on horseback.