The daughter of politician Maurice Dormann, she was born in Paris.[1] Dormann worked as a journalist for the magazine Marie Claire[2] and for the newspaper Le Figaro. In 1957, she published her first book La Première pierre, a collection of stories. She was awarded the Prix des Quatre-Jurys in 1971 for Je t'apporterai des orages and the Prix des Deux Magots for her 1974 novel Le Bateau du courrier.
In 1981, Dormann received the Grand Prix de la ville de Paris for her work. The following year, Le Roman de Sophie Trébuchet, about Victor Hugo's mother, received the prix Kléber Haedens.[2]
She was one of the scriptwriters for the 1976 film Coup de Grâce.[4] The main characters in her books are often strong-willed modern women.[5]
Dormann married the painter Philippe Lejeune and they had three children;[1] they later divorced. She next married the writer Jean-Loup Dabadie; that marriage also ended in divorce.[6]
References
^ abc"Maurice Dormann profile" (in French). Le Corpus Étampois.
^ abMagill, Michèle; Stephenson, Katherine (2003). Dit de femmes: entretiens d'écrivaines françaises (in French). pp. 39–40. ISBN188347938X.
^"Prix Maurice Genevoix". Book Awards. LibraryThing.
geneviève, dormann, september, 1933, february, 2015, french, journalist, novelist, born, 1933, september, 1933paris, francedied13, february, 2015, 2015, aged, paris, francenationalityfrenchoccupation, journalist, novelistthe, daughter, politician, maurice, dor. Genevieve Dormann 24 September 1933 13 February 2015 was a French journalist and novelist 1 Genevieve DormannBorn 1933 09 24 24 September 1933Paris FranceDied13 February 2015 2015 02 13 aged 81 Paris FranceNationalityFrenchOccupation s Journalist novelistThe daughter of politician Maurice Dormann she was born in Paris 1 Dormann worked as a journalist for the magazine Marie Claire 2 and for the newspaper Le Figaro In 1957 she published her first book La Premiere pierre a collection of stories She was awarded the Prix des Quatre Jurys in 1971 for Je t apporterai des orages and the Prix des Deux Magots for her 1974 novel Le Bateau du courrier In 1981 Dormann received the Grand Prix de la ville de Paris for her work The following year Le Roman de Sophie Trebuchet about Victor Hugo s mother received the prix Kleber Haedens 2 In 1989 she was awarded the Grand Prix du roman de l Academie francaise for Le Bal du dodo Her 1999 novel Adieu phenomene received the Prix Maurice Genevoix 3 She was one of the scriptwriters for the 1976 film Coup de Grace 4 The main characters in her books are often strong willed modern women 5 Dormann married the painter Philippe Lejeune and they had three children 1 they later divorced She next married the writer Jean Loup Dabadie that marriage also ended in divorce 6 References Edit a b c Maurice Dormann profile in French Le Corpus Etampois a b Magill Michele Stephenson Katherine 2003 Dit de femmes entretiens d ecrivaines francaises in French pp 39 40 ISBN 188347938X Prix Maurice Genevoix Book Awards LibraryThing Genevieve Dormann at IMDb Wilson Katharina 1991 An Encyclopedia of Continental Women Writers Vol 1 p 328 ISBN 0824085477 Retrieved 17 February 2015 Sleeman Elizabeth 2001 The International Who s Who of Women 2002 p 148 ISBN 1857431227 This article about a French novelist born in the 20th century is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This article about a French journalist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Genevieve Dormann amp oldid 1121251884, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
