Françoise Parturier (1919 – 12 August 1995) was a French writer and journalist. She was the first "symbolic" female candidate for the

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in 1970.} The daughter of a medical doctor, she was born in

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and studied at the

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. In 1947, she married Jean Gatichon. She began a career in journalism after

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. From 1950 to 1951, Parturier taught contemporary literature in the

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. She was a regular contributor to ''

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'' from 1956 to 1975. Parturier wrote three books in partnership with Josette Raoul-Duval under the nom de plume "Nicole". In 1959, she began writing under her own name. Parturier died at

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at the age of 75.

Selected works

* ''Les lions sont lâchés'' (1955) with Josette Raoul-Duval as "Nicole"; 1961 film * ''L'Amant de cinq jours'' (1959); 1971 film * ''Marianne m'a dit'' (1963) * ''Lettre ouverte aux hommes'' (1968) * ''L'Amour ? le plaisir ?'' (1968) * ''Lettre ouverte aux femmes'' (1974) * ''La Lettre d'Irlande'' (1979) * ''Les Hauts de Ramatuelle'' (1983)

References

1919 births 1995 deaths French women journalists 20th-century French novelists French women screenwriters University of Paris alumni 20th-century French screenwriters 20th-century French women writers French expatriates in the United States {{France-writer-stub