Edmonde Charles-Roux
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Born | Marie-Charlotte Élisabeth Edmonde Charles-Roux 17 April 1920 Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France |
Died | 20 January 2016 Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France | (aged 95)
Notable awards | Prix Goncourt |
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Edmonde Charles-Roux (17 April 1920 – 20 January 2016) was a French writer.
Early life
Charles-Roux was born in 1920 at
World War II
Charles-Roux was a volunteer
Then she joined the Resistance, again as a nurse. After the landings in Provence, she was attached to the 5th Armored Division, where she performed as a nurse but also as a divisional social assistant. She also served in the 1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment (1er REC) and the Mechanized Regiment of the Foreign Legion (RMLE).
Decorated with the
Journalist
In 1946, she joined the staff of a magazine being created, a women's weekly:
Reading Vogue democratized luxury while giving access to the most innovative artists of the time, whether such writers as
Writer
Three months later, in 1966, she wrote Oublier Palerme and obtained the
The same year that she won the Goncourt she met Gaston Defferre, the mayor of Marseille, and they married in 1973.
Charles-Roux is also known for her photo stories on the lives of Defferre (L'Homme de Marseille, 2001), and of Coco Chanel (Chanel Time, 2004). She wrote the books of several of Roland Petit ballets, including Le Guépard and Nana.
She became a member of the Académie Goncourt in 1983, and president in 2002. In 2008, she was part of the Commission headed by Hugues Gall and charged by Christine Albanel, Minister of Culture, with recommending a candidate for the post of Director of the French Academy in Rome, Villa Medici.
In April 2010, she was awarded by French President
Edmonde Charles-Roux died on 20 January 2016, in Marseille, at the age of 95.[2]
Works
- Oublier Palerme , 1966, Grasset, novel, prix Goncourt 1966
- Elle, Adrienne , 1971, Grasset, novel
- L'Irrégulière ou mon itinéraire Chanel, 1974, Grasset, biography
- Stèle pour un bâtard, 1980, Grasset, novel
- 'Une enfance sicilienne, 1981, Grasset, novel
- Un désir d'Orient, biography of Isabelle Eberhardt, vol I, 1989 Grasset
- Nomade j'étais, biography of Isabelle Eberhardt, vol II, 1995 Grasset
- L'homme de Marseille, 2003, Grasset, photographic album
- Isabelle du désert, 2003 volume combining "Un désir d'Orient" and "Nomade j'étais" Grasset
- Le Temps Chanel, 1979, La Martinière / Grasset, photographic album
English translations
- To forget Palermo, Delacorte Press, 1968
- Chanel: her life, her world, and the woman behind the legend she herself created, Knopf, 1975, ISBN 978-0-394-47613-1
- Chanel and her world: friends, fashion, and fame, Vendome Press, 2005, ISBN 978-0-86565-159-3
- Chanel and her world: friends, fashion, and fame, Vendome Press, 2005,
References
- ^ a b (in French) Edmonde Charles-Roux Archived 30 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine – Bernard-Henri Lévy website
- ^ Catinchi, Phillippe-Jean (21 January 2016). "Mort d'Edmonde Charles-Roux, journaliste et romancière". Le Monde (in French). Paris. Archived from the original on 21 January 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2016.