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