Renée Massip, (31 Mars 1907 - 21 March 2002) was a French writer and journalist. She was the winner of the 1963

Prix Interallié The prix Interallié (Interallié Prize), also known simply as ''l'Interallié'', is an annual French literary award, awarded for a novel written by a journalist. History The prize was started on 3 December 1930 by about thirty or so journal ...

and member of the jury of the

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Early life and education

Massip (née Renée Castaing) was born in south-western France, in the

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department. Her parents were school principals. Her home town was

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. She attended the

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in Pau, studying history and literature.

Career

Massip married the French journalist Roger Massip, and from 1931 to 1937, followed her husband who was then a French newspaper correspondent in Romania and Poland. In 1939, she became a journalist, and joined the desk of

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, a French news and advertising agency. She lived in Lyon during World War II. Massip worked for the French newspapers ''

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'' and the literary section of ''

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''. She was a permanent member of the French literary prize

committee from 1972 to 1996. Massip has written a dozen books, including ''Douce Lumiere'', ''La Regente'', and ''La Vie Absente''. In 1963 she published ''La Bête quaternaire'', for which she received the

, and ''Le Rire de Sara'' for which she won the Grand Prize of the Catholic Novel in 1966.

Books

* 1945: ''L'Odyssée comporte un retour'' * 1954: ''La Régente'' * 1956: ''La Petite Anglaise'' * 1958: ''Les Déesses'' * 1963 ''La Bête quaternaire'' - prix Interallié * 1961: La Main paternelle'' * 1966: ''Le Rire de Sara'' -

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1967 * 1967: ''L'Aventure du lièvre blanc'' * 1969: ''Les Torts réciproques'' * 1970: ''L'Entente du couple'' * 1971: ''À la santé de Dieu'' * 1973: ''La Vie absente'' * 1974: ''La Femme et l'Amitié'' * 1976: ''Qu'avez-vous fait de lui'' * 1977: ''Le Chat de Briarres'' * 1979: ''Belle à jamais''. * 1981: ''Les Passants du siècle''

References

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External links

Renée Massip at WorldCat
{{DEFAULTSORT:Massip, Renee People from Béarn 1907 births 2002 deaths 20th-century French non-fiction writers Prix Interallié winners 20th-century French women writers