Geneviève Dormann (24 September 1933 – 13 February 2015) was a French journalist and novelist. The daughter of politician Maurice Dormann, she was born in

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. Dormann worked as a journalist for the magazine ''

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'' and for the newspaper ''

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''. In 1957, she published her first book ''La Première pierre'', a collection of stories. She was awarded the Prix des Quatre-Jurys in 1971 for ''Je t'apporterai des orages'' and the

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for her 1974 novel ''Le Bateau du courrier''. In 1981, Dormann received the Grand Prix de la ville de Paris for her work. The following year, ''Le Roman de Sophie Trébuchet'', about

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's mother, received the prix Kléber Haedens. In 1989, she was awarded the

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for ''Le Bal du dodo''. Her 1999 novel ''Adieu, phénomène'' received the Prix Maurice Genevoix. She was one of the scriptwriters for the 1976 film ''

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''. The main characters in her books are often strong-willed modern women. Dormann married the painter Philippe Lejeune and they had three children; they later divorced. She next married the writer Jean-Loup Dabadie; that marriage also ended in divorce.

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