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Françoise Sagan (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃swaz saɡɑ̃]; born Françoise Delphine Quoirez; 21 June 1935 – 24 September 2004) was a French playwright, novelist, and screenwriter. Sagan was known for works with strong romantic themes involving wealthy and disillusioned bourgeois characters.
Apr 22, 2024 · Françoise Sagan was a French novelist and dramatist who wrote her first and best-known novel, the international best-seller Bonjour Tristesse (1954), when she was 19 years old. Educated at private and convent schools in France and Switzerland, Sagan attended the Sorbonne.
Aug 21, 2019 · Rachel Cusk on Françoise Sagan’s first two novels, “Bonjour Tristesse” and “A Certain Smile,” and the writer’s interrogation of morality in her works.
Sep 7, 2023 · The Life of Françoise Sagan Reads Like a Novel. In her lifetime, Françoise Sagan (real name: Françoise Quoirez) published more than 50 works, including plays, short stories and biographies. But none was as successful as her first novel, Bonjour Tristesse, written at the tender age of 17.
Aug 29, 2017 · Françoise Sagan (June 21, 1935 – September 24, 2004) born Françoise Quoirez in Cajac, France was a French novelist, playwright, and screenwriter. Her nom de plume was inspired by the Princesse de Sagan, Marcel Proust’s favorite author. She and her siblings were raised in an upper-middle-class family in France.
Sep 24, 2004 · Born Françoise Quoirez, Sagan grew up in a French Catholic, bourgeois family. She was an independent thinker and avid reader as a young girl, and upon failing her examinations for continuing at the Sorbonne, she became a writer. She went to her family's home in the south of France and wrote her first novel, Bonjour Tristesse, at age 18.
Sep 25, 2004 · By Eric Pace. Sept. 25, 2004. Françoise Sagan, the rebellious French writer who achieved fame as a teenager with her first novel, "Bonjour Tristesse," a precocious tale of sexual disillusionment ...
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