Françoise Parturier

Françoise Parturier (1919[1] – 12 August 1995) was a French writer and journalist. She was the first "symbolic" female candidate for the Académie française in 1970.[2]

The daughter of a medical doctor, she was born in Paris and studied at the University of Paris. In 1947, she married Jean Gatichon.[1] She began a career in journalism after World War II. From 1950 to 1951, Parturier taught contemporary literature in the United States. She was a regular contributor to Le Figaro from 1956 to 1975. Parturier wrote three books in partnership with Josette Raoul-Duval under the nom de plume "Nicole".[3] In 1959, she began writing under her own name.[1]

Parturier died at Neuilly at the age of 75.[4]

Selected works

  • Les lions sont lâchés (1955) with Josette Raoul-Duval as "Nicole"; 1961 film
  • L'Amant de cinq jours (1959); 1971 film[4]
  • Marianne m'a dit (1963)
  • Lettre ouverte aux hommes (1968)
  • L'Amour ? le plaisir ? (1968)
  • Lettre ouverte aux femmes (1974)
  • La Lettre d'Irlande (1979)
  • Les Hauts de Ramatuelle (1983)[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Uglow, Jennifer S; Hinton, Frances; Hendry, Maggy (1999). The Northeastern Dictionary of Women's Biography. UPNE. p. 421. ISBN 155553421X.
  2. ^ "Mort de Françoise Parturier". Libération. August 15, 1995.}(in French)
  3. ^ Lanneau, Catherine (2008). L'inconnue française: la France et les Belges francophones, 1944-1945 (in French). Peter Lang. p. 473. ISBN 978-9052013978.
  4. ^ a b "Décès de l'écrivain Françoise Parturier". L'humanité. August 15, 1995.


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