Françoise Parturier Explained

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

The daughter of a medical doctor, she was born in Paris and studied at the University of Paris. In 1947, she married Jean Gatichon. 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".^[2] In 1959, she began writing under her own name.

Parturier died at Neuilly at the age of 75.^[3]

Selected works

• Les lions sont lâchés (1955) with Josette Raoul-Duval as "Nicole"; 1961 film
• L'Amant de cinq jours (1959); 1971 film^[3]
• 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)^[4]

Notes and References

1. News: Mort de Françoise Parturier . Libération . August 15, 1995. }
2. Book: Lanneau, Catherine . L'inconnue française: la France et les Belges francophones, 1944-1945 . 473 . 2008 . Peter Lang . 978-9052013978. fr.
3. News: Décès de l'écrivain Françoise Parturier . L'humanité . August 15, 1995.
4. Book: Uglow, Jennifer S . The Northeastern Dictionary of Women's Biography . registration . UPNE . 421 . Hinton, Frances . Hendry, Maggy . 1999 . 155553421X.