Rose Vincent

Rose Vincent (pseudonym for Marie Rose Treffot-Jurgensen) (15 March 1918 – 15 June 2011) was a French journalist and writer.

Originally from Bresse Louhanaise, she worked as a teacher and served in the Resistance during the Second World War. She became a journalist and writer after the war.

She wrote numerous works on the education of children as well as works on India, where she lived 4 years, and novels, which received several awards.

Biography

The daughter of teachers in the Louhans region, where she spent her childhood, Marie Rose Treffot graduated from the École normale supérieure de Sèvres, (1937) and obtained the agrégation of mathematics (1940–41).

In 1939, she married .

She taught at Dreux and Chartres (1940–43), while engaging in the Resistance, within the network "Defense de la France". In 1943 she went into hiding and worked in particular with the ''Cahiers de Défense de la France''.Philippe Viannay, ''Du bon usage de la France : Résistance, Journalisme, Glénans'' (p. 49-98)

After the Liberation, she worked on the daily newspaper ''France-Soir'', which grew out of the clandestine newspaper ''Défense de la France'' and worked to the creation of the magazine ''France et Monde''. In 1951, she joined the editorial office of the women's weekly ''Elle'', where she led the "Parents-enfants" section until 1973. At the same time, she became editor-in-chief of ''Votre Enfant'' (1954-1958) and ''Femina Pratique'' (1957).

In 1958, Vincent founded the monthly ''Femme Pratique'', of which she was the director and editor-in-chief until 1972.

She also published several books on the education of children.

She worked at promoting the cause of women's emancipation.
She moved to India (1972–1976) and the Netherlands (1979–1982) with her husband, Ambassador of France, and began a career as a writer.

In 1976, she participated in the launch of the daily ', established by Joseph Fontanet.

After her return to France, she published several historical works and novels, which won her many prizes, including the prix Maurice Genevoix.

In the last years of her life, she stayed mainly in Uzès (Gard), where she wrote her last works and devoted time to the restoration of the ().

Works

*1957:
*1962:
*1965:
*1969:
*1971:
*1978:
Prix Auguste Furtado
Prix littéraire de l'Asie in 1978)
*1981:
*1982:
*1985:
Prix Jules Favre
Prix RTL; Prix du récit historique; Prix des Pays Protestants
*1987: Prix Maurice Genevoix; Prix Emile Guillaumin; Prix de culture Bourguignonne
*1989:
*1992:
*1993
*1995:
*1996:
*2000:

Bibliography

References

Honours and distinctions

* Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur
* Holder of the Resistance Medal
* Chevalier of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques

External links

Rose Vincent
on Babelio

''L’exceptionnelle Rose Vincent''
obituary on ''Le Journal'' de Saône-et-Loire


on BilioMonde

Rose Vincent
on the site of the Académie française

''L'Enfant de Port-Royal. Le roman de Jean Racine''
on Éditions du Seuil

Rose Vincent
on Charles de Gaulle.org

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20th-century French writers
French women journalists
20th-century French journalists
20th-century French women writers
Knights of the Legion of Honour
Chevaliers of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques
People from Saône-et-Loire
1918 births
2011 deaths
French Resistance members