French writer born in Cajarc, Lot, Midi-Pyr, famous since the age of 18 when she published her first novel, the scandalous Bonjour Tristesse (1954), about spoiled bourgeois children. From a wealthy family, she was the daughter of the prosperous industrialist Pierre Quoirez, and Marie Laubard Quoirez. At the start of the war his family moved to Lyon and was initially educated in Switzerland. With the liberation of France (1944) his family returned to Paris, where he even entered the Sorbonne University, but dropped out in the second year (1953). The following year, he debuted in the literature of novels.
At 19, she adopted the pseudonym Françoise Sagan and published the best-seller Bom Dia Tristeza, the story of a teenager and his playboy father, in which he portrays the sophisticated French society of the time, evoking themes such as relationships incestuous. In this work, the writer soon revealed her favorite themes that would be reflected in her vast bibliography. She was a literary revelation in the 50s and the author of novels, plays and screenplays, she became she is one of the most translated French writers in the world, and so her books have sold millions of copies across the world.
Sick and hiding in Paris, she was hospitalized with lung problems when she died at age 69 in Honfleur, Normandy, France. Her other successes were Un Certain Souire (1956), Chateau en Suède (1960), La Robe Mauve de Valentine (1963), Le cheval évanoui (1966), Des bleus à l'âme (1972), La Femme fardée (1981), La Maison by Raquel Vega (1985) and Le miroir égaré (1996), among many others successes.
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