Michèle Perrein (30 October 1929 – 13 February 2010) was a French journalist and writer. She was the recipient of the

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in 1984.

Biography

Michèle Perrein, whose real surname was Barbe, was born in

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and studied at the Collège de La Réole, followed by two years at the Faculty of Law in Bordeaux. After she moved to Paris, she worked as a secretary by sending cars to South America while attending in parallel evening courses at the Centre de formation des journalistes. Hélène Lazareff, director of the magazine ''

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'', found that her surname "Barbe" was difficult to wear, and thus she decided to take her mother's name "Perrein". Her work as a journalist led her to follow several trials, some of which she published articles about in ''

'' (Minou Drouet affair 1955) where she questioned the authenticity of Minou Drouet's works, or ''

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'' (Patrick Henry affair''

'' issue 1444 January 1977). Married to Jacques Laurent, with whom she maintained an indefectible friendship until his death, she divorced a few years later to follow her own way of novelist. It was in her native Gironde that Michèle Perrein found inspiration for many of her literary works, including ''Le Buveur de Garonne'' and ''Les Cotonniers de Bassalane'' which are the best known, and recognized. As a dramatist, she had her play ''L'Hôtel racine'', presented at the Comédie des Champs-Élysées. She was also co-author of the screenplay and dialogues of

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's film, ''

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''. She also produced reports, surveys, interviews or chronicles for ''

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'', ''

'', ''Arts et Spectacles'', ''Votre beauté'' and wrote some articles for ''

'', ''

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'', '. After the sudden death of her companion Michel Adam, called Adam Thalamy (with whom she co-wrote ''Ave Caesar'' in 1982), she ceased her activity as novelist and retired to the city of her childhood, where she was carried away by

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Work

;Novels *1956: ''La Sensitive'',

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, Prix des quatre Jurys 1957 *1957: ''Le Soleil dans l’œil'', Julliard, adapted to cinema under the title '' Sun in Your Eyes'' directed by Jacques Bourdon, starring

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*1960: ''Barbastre'', Julliard *1961: ''La Flemme'', Julliard *1962: ''Le Cercle'', Julliard *1965: ''Le Petit Jules'', Juliard *1970: ''M'oiselle S.'', Julliard *1970: ''La Chineuse'', Julliard,

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*1971: ''La Partie de plaisir'',

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*1973: ''Le Buveur de Garonne'', Flammarion,

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1974 *1975: ''Le Mâle aimant'', Julliard *1976: ''Gemma Lapidaire'', Flammarion *1978: ''Entre chienne et louve'',

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*1980: ''Comme une fourmi cavalière'', Grasset *1982: ''Ave Caesar - rencontre avec Adam Thalamy'', Grasset, Grand prix de littérature de la ville de Bordeaux, 1982 *1984: ''La Sensitive ou l'innocence coupable'', Grasset *1984: ''Les Cotonniers de Bassalane'', Grasset,

1984. *1989: ''La Margagne'', Grasset ;Plays *1966: ''L'Hôtel Racine'' jouée à la Comédie des Champs élysées *1968: ''Un samedi, deux femmes''

References

External links

Michèle Perrein
on Babelio
Michèle Perrein ou madame Ex, féministe
on INA.fr (13 August 1976)
''Un quart d'heure avec Michèle Perrein''
on

France Culture France Culture () is a French public radio channel and part of Radio France Radio France () is the French national public radio broadcaster. Stations Radio France offers seven national networks: *France Inter — Radio France's "generalist ...

''La mort de Michèle Perrein''
on Bibliobs (10 March 2010)
Disparition: Michèle Perrein
on LivresHebdo.fr (10 March 2010)

on

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(11 October 1973) {{DEFAULTSORT:Perrein, Michele 20th-century French writers 20th-century French journalists French women novelists Prix Interallié winners Prix des libraires winners People from Gironde 1929 births 2010 deaths 20th-century French women