1986 : Une femme nommée Castor – Mon amie Simone de Beauvoir

by | Updated on 18/10/2024 | Published on 05/08/1986 | 1980-1995, I was not born to die, 2.1 Bibliographies, Literature essays

Paris, Encre, 366 pages.

Shocked by the disappearance of Simone de Beauvoir in 1986, in this book Françoise insisted on describing for us the one whose The Second Sex had marked her so much. The friendship that united them, Beauvoir’s literary work and his intimate relationship with Sartre, as well as the few theoretical disagreements that the two authors may have had are delicately approached. (Alain)

From L’Indicateur du réseau , part still unpublished:

It was during the turbulent period of the various “peace in Algeria” movements (…) that I entered, for the first time, Simone de Beauvoir’s place. I’ve known the author of ”DDeuxième Sexe”, but I lost touch with her for quite a long time; she will recount our reunion in “La Force de l’âge”.

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1985: Louise Michel la Canaque

by | Updated on 18/10/2024 | Published on 05/08/1985 | 1980-1995, I was not born to die, 2.1 Bibliographies, Fictional biographies

Paris, Encre, 238 pages.

1873. Louise Michel, sentenced to deportation, arrives in New Caledonia, where she will stay for seven years. In this island which was not yet conquered by the military, her fortitude allowed her to find great joy in the luxuriant nature and especially among the Kanak people, she being the only one to support them in 1878 when the former communards joined forces with the jailers to exterminate them. Under the pen of Françoise, Louise finds a life worthy of the exceptional woman she was. (Vincent)

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1983 : L’Amazone sombre, vie d’Antoinette Lix

by | Updated on 18/10/2024 | Published on 05/08/1983 | 1980-1995, I was not born to die, 2.1 Bibliographies, Fictional biographies

Paris, Encre, 309 pages.

Daughter of an Alsatian innkeeper and former Napoleonic grenader, Antoinette Lix (1839-1909) received an unconventional education in horseback riding and weapons handling. She took part in the Polish uprising against the Russian occupiers and, on her return to France, tried in vain to join the regular army, at a time when it was out of the question for a woman to join the armed forces as a combatant. So she joined the Corps-Francs de Lamarche, where she led her men in the defense of the Vosges against the Germans during the 1870 war. In recognition of her commitment and feats of arms, she was awarded a Sword of Honor, now on display at the Armies Museum.

An extraordinary destiny worthy of Françoise’s pen and her sense of epic.

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