Fanny Raoul (1771-1833), feminist writer, journalist, philosopher and essayist
Pauline Réage, pen-name of Anne Desclos (1907–1998), who also used the pen-name Dominique Aury, novelist, editor, critic and author of Story of O (Histoire d'O)
Marie Redonnet, pen name of Martine L'hospitalier (born 1948), poet, novelist, essayist, short story writer and playwright
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