Lucie Faure
Lucie Faure , née Meyer (born July 6, 1908 in Paris ; died September 25, 1977 in Boissise-la-Bertrand ) was a French writer and wife of the politician Edgar Faure .
Life
Lucie Faure was the daughter of a textile merchant and niece of Julien Cain, who was general director of the Bibliothèque nationale de France from 1930 to 1964 . In 1931 she married the young lawyer Edgar Faure. The couple had two daughters who became psychoanalysts . During the Second World War , she fled to Tunisia with her husband and daughter . After the American landing in 1942 , the family went to Algiers , where they joined the French Committee for National Liberation (CFLN) and worked at the Institute for Slavonic Studies at the University of Algiers .
With the writer Robert Aron , she founded the political-literary magazine “La NEF” ( La Nouvelle équipe française , 1944–1981), which was the first to appear in Paris after the liberation of France and of which she became the editor. She has set milestones there with numerous topics.
Politically, she acted as her husband's advisor and often represented far more advanced views, including during the decolonization of North Africa . From 1971 until her death she was his successor ( Divers gauche ) as mayor of the 550-inhabitant town of Port-Lesney in the Jura. She died on the family seat in Boissise-la-Bertrand and was buried on the Cimetière de Passy in Paris.
Writer
After the travelogue of a trip to China she wrote eight novels in the 1960s , seven short stories appeared posthumously. As a member of the jury of the Prix Médicis , she had had a great influence on literary France since 1971.
Honors
Lucie Faure was appointed Commander of the Legion of Honor . In the 20th arrondissement of Paris, a school and were Tunis a street named after her. In the place where they died, Boissise-la-Bertrand, a retirement home was named after the Faure couple.
Works
- Journal d'un voyage en Chine. (1958)
- Les Passions indécises. (1961)
- Les Filles du Calvaire. (1963)
- Variations on imposture. (1965)
- L'Autre personne. (1968)
- Le Malheur fou. (1970)
- Les Bons enfants. (1972)
- Mardi à l'aube. (1974)
- Un crime si juste. (1976)
- Les Destins ambigus. (1978).
Obituaries
Web links
- Juliette M. Turlan: FAURE LUCIE (1908-1977). (Encyclopædia Universalis, French, accessed June 25, 2017)
- New York Times : Lucie Faure, 69, French Editor, Was Wife of Assembly President (September 27, 1977)
Remarks
- ↑ 1940–1944 replaced by Bernard Faÿ .
- ↑ ISSN : 0028-2413
- ↑ Le Parisien , édition de Seine-et-Marne: Boissise-la-Bertrand: la maison de retraite prend le nom de Lucie & Edgar Faure. (French, accessed June 25, 2017)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Faure, Lucie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Meyer, Lucie (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French writer and wife of the politician Edgar Faure |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 6, 1908 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 25, 1977 |
| Place of death | Boissise-la-Bertrand |