Geneviève Dormann

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Geneviève Dormann (born September 24, 1933 in Paris ; † February 13, 2015 there ) was a French journalist and writer. In addition to her own name, Dormann also used the pseudonyms Dobermann , Le husard en jupons , Luronne and Tigresse in both activities .

Live and act

Dormann was the daughter of the publisher and MP Maurice Dormann (1881–1947).

During the Second World War (→ German occupation of France in the Second World War ) she left Paris with her family and settled in Tours ( Département Indre-et-Loire ). In 1943 the family settled in Maisse ( Département Essonne ) and returned to the capital in 1944 after the liberation of Paris .

Through her father's contacts, Dormann was able to attend the Maison d'éducation de la Légion d'honneur boarding school, which had been set up in the Écouen castle . She later moved to the Lycée Jean-de-la-Fontaine in Paris ( 16th arrondissement ). In 1950 she dropped out of school without a baccalaureate and married the painter Philippe Lejeune (1924–2014) that same year and had three daughters with him.

Five years later, Dormann divorced and married the writer Jean-Loup Dabadie (* 1938) and had a daughter with him. Her first attempts at writing were made in these years. From 1959 you could regularly find her publications in magazines and newspapers such as Le Figaro Magazine , Marie Claire , Le Point and Le Nouveau Candide .

She also worked with the journalist Robert Barrat on some political publications . Like him, she rejected the Algerian war and was also one of the signatories of the 121st manifesto in September 1960 .

Through the acquaintance of the writer Jean Cayrol , her career as a writer began. At the same time, Dormann continued to publish in magazines. When the editorial team of Geo magazine established itself in Paris in 1979 , Dormann was one of the founding members. She was also one of the greatest friends of the Les Hussards literary circle and supported colleagues such as Antoine Blondin , Michel Déon , Jean Dutourd , Kléber Haedens , Jacques Laurent and Roger Nimier with well-meaning reviews .

At the end of 2013, Dormann bequeathed all of her manuscripts, documents and her library to the Bibliothèque nationale de France . Geneviève Dormann died on February 13, 2015 in Paris and found her final resting place there.

Honors

Works (selection)

As an author

stories
  • La première pierre . 1957.
  • Amoureuse Colette . 1984.
  • Paris est une ville pleine de lions . 1991.
Essays
Novels
  • La petite main .
  • Le tanfaronne . 1959.
    • German: The glass heart . Desch, Munich 1960.
  • Le chemin des dames . 1964.
  • La passion selon Saint-Jules . 1967.
  • Je t'apporterai des orages . 1971.
  • Le bateau du courier . 1974.
  • Mickey l'ange . 1980.
  • Fleur de pêche . 1980.
  • Le roman de Sophie Trebuchet . 1983.
  • Le livres du point de croix . 1986/87.
  1. Le livre du point de croix .
  2. Alphabet .
  3. Fleurs and fruits .
  4. Marquoirs .
  • Le bal du dodo . 1989.
  • Goodbye, phenomène . 1999.
script

As a translator

  • Herbert Kubly: Italie (Life autour du monde; Vol. 1). Paris 1960
  • James Barlow: L'inculpe . Paris 1962.

literature

  • Francis Bergeron: Geneviève Dormann. La petite sœur des hussards . In: Présent of February 16, 2015.
  • Marc Dambre (Ed.): Les hussards. Une génération littéraire . Presses Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-87854-184-7 .
  • Elizabeth Sleeman: The international who's who of women . Europa Publ., London 2001.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Named after Roger Nimier's novel Le husar bleu .
  2. ↑ She refused to accept.
  3. ↑ A joint work with Régine Deforges .
  4. ↑ German: Italy . Time-Life, Amsterdam 1967.
  5. ↑ German: Key witness of the main hearing . Lichtenberg-Verlag, Munich 1963.
personal data
SURNAME Dormann, Geneviève
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French journalist and writer
DATE OF BIRTH September 24, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH February 13, 2015
Place of death Paris