BERTRAND, Marguerite Marie Gabrielle. Reims 29.3.1908 — Paris 16.2.1961. French Traveller, Reporter, Writer and Photographer. Of Lorraine, daughter of Paul Louis Anatole Bertrand and Marie Rose Héloise Ducrée, lost her father in WW I. Studied at a hospital in Paris, but did not pass medical examination. Then she worked in various tasks (for some time secretary of Albert Einstein) and decided to become reporter. In 1933-35 travelled in North Africa, 1936-37 in Mongolia, North China, Korea and Japan, then in Indochina, and finally back to France where she remained until the end of war. After WW II again in Algeria and in 1953-55 in Assam. Died of cerebral haemorrhage when planning a visit to Nepal. She was unmarried, but had one daughter.

Publications: Le peuple de la jungle Hommes, bêtes et légendes du pays Moï. 242 p. P. 1952 (Moï or Mnong, a Mon Khmer highland people in Vietnam and Cambodia).

– Terres secrètes où règnent les femmes. Deux ans parmi les tribus tibétaines de l’Assam. 235 p. 17 photos. P. 1956.

– À la recherche des éléphants sauvages. 95 p. ill. P. 1960.

– Books and articles on her other travels.

Sources: French Wikipédia. Full name and parents in gw.geneanet.org.