Marie-Anne Desmarest (May 17, 1904 – March 4, 1973) was a French writer. She was born Anne-Marie During in

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. She was married twice: first to Henri Desmarest and later to Roger Leroy. Desmarest wrote

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s. She died in

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at the age of 68.

Selected works

Source: * ''La Passion de Jeanne Rieber'' (1935), received the Prix de l'Alsace littéraire * ''Torrents'' (1938), received the Prix Max Barthou de l'Académie française * ''L'Autel renversé'' (1941) * ''Aurore'' (1952) * ''Les remparts de Saint-Paul'' (1959( * ''A la recherche de l'amour'' (1960) * ''L'Appel mystérieux'' (1968)

References

1904 births 1973 deaths Writers from Mulhouse 20th-century French novelists 20th-century French women writers {{France-novelist-20thC-stub