1954: Une pomme rouge : mon cœur

by | Updated on 03/08/2024 | Published on 04/05/1954 | 1953-1961 Time to learn to live, Bibliographies, Poetry

Paris, Pierre Seghers (coll. Poésie 54 n°374), 15 pages.

Titled with a verse by Nazim Hickmet and dedicated to Henri Lefèbvre, nine poems in three sections. The first on love, its struggles and its sufferings, the second in memory of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg (four years later, Françoise will choose “Julius” as a middle name for her son). The last section, Trois poèmes pour mon Parti (Françoise was then a member of the Communist Party), contains a long poem in memory of her father to tell him what she owes him for her communist commitment. (Vincent)

1953: Atalante délivrée

by | Updated on 13/09/2024 | Published on 04/05/1953 | 1953-1961 Time to learn to live, Bibliographies, Miscellaneous novels

Probably a lost work, we can only speculate as to its content. In this book, published two years after Le Complexe de Diane, we will certainly be dealing with the Greek heroine Atalanta, educated by Artemis after being abandoned by her father. She is reputed to have lived in ancient Greece, initially refusing marriage and indulging in extraordinary feats. She was the only woman to join the Argonauts to conquer the Golden Fleece alongside Jason.

We find the Atalante who could only be overtaken in the race by Hippomène’s deception evoked in Le Complexe de Diane, where Françoise expresses her attachment to this figure of the free woman. No wonder she wanted to prolong the relationship. (Vincent)