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Françoise Parturier (1919[1] – 12 August 1995) was a French writer and journalist. She was the first "symbolic" female candidate for the Académie française in 1970.[2]

The daughter of a medical doctor, she was born in Paris and studied at the University of Paris. In 1947, she married Jean Gatichon.[1] She began a career in journalism after World War II. From 1950 to 1951, Parturier taught contemporary literature in the United States. She was a regular contributor to Le Figaro from 1956 to 1975. Parturier wrote three books in partnership with Josette Raoul-Duval under the nom de plume "Nicole".[3] In 1959, she began writing under her own name.[1]

Parturier died at Neuilly at the age of 75.[4]

Selected works

• Les lions sont lâchés (1955) with Josette Raoul-Duval as "Nicole"; 1961 film
• L'Amant de cinq jours (1959); 1971 film[4]
• 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)[1]

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