Raphaële Billetdoux (born 28 February 1951 in

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) is a French

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Biography

She is the daughter of François Billetdoux, and was a companion of the political journalist Paul Guilbert (died July 2002). She was assistant editor on feature films and television. Then in 1975, she became a journalist. She made a feature film, ''

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'' (1980). In 2006, she wrote a memoir, ''Un peu de désir, sinon je meurs'', under the name "Marie" Billetdoux.

Awards

* Bourse de la Fondation del Duca, for ''Jeune fille en silence''. *1974 Prix Louise de Vilmorin and

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, for ''L'Ouverture des bras de l'homme'' *1976

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, for ''Prends garde à la douceur des choses'' *1985 Prix Renaudot, for ''Mes nuits sont plus belles que vos jours''

Works

*''Jeune fille en silence'', Éditions du Seuil, Paris, 1971; Seuil, 2007, *''L'Ouverture des bras de l'homme'', Éditions du Seuil, Paris, 1973; Seuil, 2006, *''Prends garde à la douceur des choses'', Éditions du Seuil, *''Lettre d'excuse'', Éditions du Seuil, Paris, 1981, *''Mes nuits sont plus belles que vos jours'', Grasset, Paris, 1985, **''Night without day'', Viking, 1987, *''Entrez et fermez la porte'', Grasset, Paris, 1991, *''Mélanie dans un vent terrible'', Grasset, Paris, 1994, *''Chère madame ma fille cadette'', Grasset, Paris, 1997, *''Je frémis en le racontant: horresco referens'', Plon, Paris, 2000, *''De l'air'', Albin Michel, Paris, 2001, *''Un peu de désir sinon je meurs'', Albin Michel, Paris, 2006, *''C'est fou, une fille...'', Albin Michel, Paris, 2007, *''C'est encore moi qui vous écris'', Stock, Paris, 2010,

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