Andrée Martinerie (17 April 1917 – 1997) was a 20th-century French women writer, laureate of the prix des libraires on 1961.

Biography

An aggregée of classical letters, Andrée Martinerie began her career by translating important authors such as Fitzroy Maclean,

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, L.P. Hartley and

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. In 1961 she published a first novel, ''Les autres jours'' which obtained the Prix des Libraires. She never stopped publishing novels until the tragedy that cost two of her three grandchildren (1980). The only testimony and the album she will publish after this drama will be devoted to the latter. Andrée Martinerie was the wife of André Bertrand, a lawyer, and the mother of Christine Chambaz-Bertrand, a specialist in George Sand. She was also the mother of .

Work

*1961: ''Les Autres Jours'', prix des libraires,

éditions Gallimard Éditions Gallimard (; formerly Éditions de la Nouvelle Revue Française (1911–1919) and Librairie Gallimard (1919–1961) is one of the leading French book publishers. In 2003 it and its subsidiaries published 1,418 titles. Founded by Gast ...

, *1964: ''Le Rêve familier'',

éditions Grasset The Grasset Editions () is a French publishing house founded in 1907 by (1881–1955). History Founder In 1913, Bernard Grasset publishes the first volume of ''À la recherche du temps perdu'', by Marcel Proust, '' Du côté de chez Swann'', ...

*1968: ''L'Été d'une vie'', Grasset *1970
''Quand finira la nuit ?''
Grasset, ASIN B003CO95PC *1976: ''Une fille de vingt ans'', Grasset, *1980: ''L'Espace d'un cri'', Grasset *1982: ''Une passion de grand-mère'', éditions Robert Laffont, *1985: ''Dis-moi, grand-mère'' (in collaboration with Geneviève Jurgensen), Robert Laffont

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