Geneviève Callerot
Geneviève Callerot , (born May 6, 1916 in Paris ) is a French farmer and writer . During the Second World War , together with her father and sister, she helped about 200 people to reach the territory of the Vichy regime from the occupied territory of France .
In 2018 she was awarded the Legion of Honor at the age of 102 .
biography
The family of Geneviève Callerot, who was born in Paris in 1916, fled at the end of the First World War before the Paris guns bombarded Paris into the Périgord , where they settled in Saint-Aulaye ( Dordogne ). Her parents gave her home schooling there .
The demarcation line after the Armistice of Compiègne (1940) between the zone occupied by German troops ( zone occupée ) and the free zone ( zone libre ) ran near the family's place of residence. Together with her father and sister, she began to help people secretly transfer between Ribérac and Montpon . They helped Jews , children, and wounded British and Americans for two years , until she was arrested in October 1942 and imprisoned for three weeks.
After the war, she became a farmer in Saint-Aulaye in 1956 , where she leased a farm with her husband Jean and lived modestly. In the 1960s her cousin Jean-Charles discovered her literary talent, which she cultivated in the following decades, achieving success with Les Cinq Filles du Grand-Barrail in 1983.
On August 24, 2018, she was awarded the Legion of Honor by the Senator of the Dordogne, Gérard Fayolle , which she actually wanted to reject, but then accepted as an honor for her parents.
Publications
- Éditions universitaires (ed.): Les Cinq Filles du Grand-Barrail . 1983, ISBN 978-2-7113-0239-0 (French, 333 pages). .
- Éditions universitaires (ed.): Treize grains de maïs . 1986, ISBN 978-2-7113-0342-7 (French, 214 pages). .
- Publi-fusion (ed.): Létang des Trois-Jules . 1993, ISBN 978-2-907265-25-6 (French, 185 pages). .
- De Borée (Ed.): Quatre sons de cloche . 2001, ISBN 978-2-84494-069-8 (French, 213 pages). .
- Le Grand Livre du mois (Ed.): La demoiselle du château . 2014, ISBN 978-2-286-11385-8 (French, 375 pages).
Web links
- Le reportage que lui consacrait France 3 pour ses 100 ans. France-tv, accessed on August 27, 2018 (French).
Individual evidence
- ^ Présidentielle 2017: A 101 ans, Geneviève Callerot connaîtra son 17ème président. minute news. Friday, May 7, 2017, accessed on August 26, 2018 (French).
- ↑ a b c Elle sauve 200 personnes pendant la guerre and reçoit la Légion d'honneur à 102 ans. leparisia. fr, August 24, 2018, accessed on August 26, 2018 (French). .
- ↑ a b Elle reçoit la Légion d'honneur à 102 ans. lefigaro. fr, August 24, 2018, accessed on August 26, 2018 (French). .
- ↑ a b c Mickaël Chailloux: Dordogne: une centenaire reçoit la légion d'honneur ce vendredi. francebleu.fr, 23 August 2018, accessed 26 August 2018 (French). .
- ↑ Geneviève Callerot, retraitée agricole périgourdine, romancière, et ... centenaire. france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr, May 12, 2016, accessed on August 26, 2018 (French).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Callerot, Genevieve |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French farmer and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 6, 1916 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |