Élise Fischer (13 July 1948 – 25 December 2023) was a French writer, journalist and novelist from

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Biography

Élise Fischer was born in Champigneulles,

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on 13 July 1948, the daughter of a father from Lorraine and a mother from

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. In 1984 she worked as a journalist for two titles of the Christian written press, ' and ', but also for . She subsequently produced and hosted the literary program ''Au fil des pages'' on RCF. Fischer worked with the

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group from 1992. Among her novels, several essays are devoted to

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. In 2007 she returned to Lorraine and settled there. Fischer died on 25 December 2023, at the age of 75.

Works

*1988: ''Les Enfants de l'apartheid'',

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*1989: ''Feu sur l'enfance'', Fayard *1998: ''La Colère de Mouche'', Éditions Mazarine *2000: ''L'Inaccomplie'', Mazarine *2000: ''Les pommes seront fameuses cette année'', Mazarine *2001: ''Trois reines pour une couronne'', Presses de la Cité *2002: ''Le Dernier Amour d'Auguste'', Fayard *2003: ''Les Alliances de cristal'', Presses de la Cité *2003: ''Un petit carré de soie'', Fayard *2004: ''Mystérieuse Manon'', Presses de la Cité *2005: ''Nous, les derniers mineurs : l'épopée des Gueules noires'', hors collection (in collaboration with Camille Oster) *2005: ''Le Soleil des mineurs'', Presses de la Cité *2006: ''L'Enfant perdu des Philippines'', Collection Sud Lointain, Presses de la Cité *2006: ''Les cigognes savaient'', Presses de la Cité *2007: ''Appelez-moi Jeanne'', Fayard *2007: ''Le Roman de la Place Stanislas'', Place Stanislas Éditions *2008: ''La Lorraine au cœur. Promenade à travers l'histoire et les paysages'', Place Stanislas Éditions *2008: ''Confession d'Adrien le colporteur'', Presses de la Cité *2008: ''Un rire d’ailleurs'', Fayard *2009: ''Quand je serai grand'', Fayard *2009: ''Le Secret du Pressoir'', Presses de la Cité *2010: ''Sous les mirabelliers'', Presses de la Cité *2010: ''Les Noces de Marie-Victoire'', Calmann-Lévy *2010: ''Le Rêve de la Grenouille'', Presses de la Cité *2011: ''Les Larmes et l'espoir'' with Geneviève Senger, Presses de la Cité *2012: ''Les Amours de la Grenouille'', Presses de la cité *2013: ''Au péril de la vérité'', Presses de la Cité *2013: ''Je jouerai encore pour nous'', Calmann-Lévy *2014: ''La Tante de Russie'', Presses de la Cité *2014: ''Villa Sourire'', Calmann-Lévy *2015: ''L’Étrange Destin de Marie'', Calmann-Lévy *2016: ''Le Jardin de Pétronille'', Calmann-Lévy *2016: ''Sur le Fil'', Presses de la Cité

Books for youth

*2008: ''Meurtre au Village du Livre'', l'Oxalide. *2012: ''Madeleine et le dessert du roi Stanislas'', illustration Amélie Dufour, Feuilles de menthe, collection Le thé aux histoires *2013: ''Si la bergamote m'était contée : le bonbon soleil'', illustrations Jude Leppo, Le Verger des Hespérides

In collaboration

*1991: ''Pour les enfants du monde'', collective work under the direction of professor Alexandre Minkowski, Éditions n°1/UNICEF/MPLEM *2003: ''L'Appel de Lunéville'' : Pour la Résurrection du Versailles lorrain, collective work under the direction of François Moulin and Michel Vagner, éditions de l'Est Républicain/La Nuée Bleue *2007: ''Paroles d'auteurs – La Lorraine –'' Photographs Pascal Bodez, collective work with the support of Conseil Régional de Lorraine, Serge Domini, éditeur *2009: ''Les plus belles Saint-Nicolas en Lorraine'', under the direction of Marie-Hélène Colin, Place Stanislas éditions *2009: ''Les plus beaux Noëls d'Alsace'', under the direction of Michel Loetscher, Place Stanislas éditions *2010: ''Si Champigneulles m'était conté'', parwork directed by an 11th-grade scholl of Champigneulles, Le Verger des Hespérides éditions Elise Fischer par Claude Truong-Ngoc octobre 2014

Elise Fischer par Claude Truong-Ngoc octobre 2014

Distinctions

*2001: Feuille d'or de la ville de Nancy for ''L'Inaccomplie'' *2004: Prix de l'Association Le printemps du Livre lorrain for ''Mystérieuse Manon'' *2005: Prix des Conseillers généraux de la région lorraine for ''Le soleil des Mineurs'' *2005: Prix Victor Hugo pour ''Le soleil des Mineurs'' *2007: Mention spéciale du prix des Écrivains Croyants for ''Appelez-moi Jeanne'' *2010: Prix Prouvé de Nancy for ''Quand je serai grand''

Bibliography

*Michel Caffier, ''Dictionnaire des littératures de Lorraine'', Serpenoise, 2003,