Solange Fasquelle, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French woman of letters
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Place of Birth: Paris, Île-de-France, France
About Solange Fasquelle
- Solange Fasquelle (14 July 1933 - 15 August 2016) was a French writer.
- She is the author of more than 20 novels.Solange Fasquelle was born in Paris, the daughter of Jean, Duke de La Rochefoucauld and Duchess, née Edmée Frisch de Fels.
- Her first novel, Malconduit, was published in 1959.
- She won the Cazes Prize in 1961 for Le Congrès d'Aix and the Deux-Magots Prize in 1967 for L'Air de Venise.
- Among her most famous novels are also Les Amants de Kalyros (1971) and Les Falaises d'Ischia (1977).
- Her 1974 book Le Trio infernal was made into a film by Francis Girod, starring Michel Piccoli and Romy Schneider.
- Mère, which was to be her last novel, was published in 2004.She was elected a member of the Femina Prize jury in 1992, following the steps of her mother, who had died the previous year.
- She remained on the jury until her death.She had been the wife of Jean-Claude Fasquelle, chairman of the French publishing house Grasset from 1981 to 2000.
- Their daughter Ariane Fasquelle was also a publisher, working as head of foreign acquisitions for Grasset, and died in April 2016 before her mother.
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