Jeanne Bourin
Woman of letters from France

Jeanne Bourin

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Woman of letters from France
Gender:
Female
Places:
France
Is:
Writer
Work field:
Literature
Birth:
13 January 1922(Paris, Île-de-France, France)
Death:
19 March 2003(Le Mesnil-le-Roi, canton of Maisons-Laffitte, arrondissement of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Yvelines)
Family:
Spouse(s):
André Bourin
Children:
François Bourin
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Introduction

Jeanne Bourin or Jeanne Mondot (13 January 1922 – 19 March 2003) was a French writer.

Life

Jeanne Mondot was born in Paris in 1922. She married the writer André Bourin in 1942. In 1963 her book Le bonheur est une femme: roman and this was a historic fiction about the relationship between Pierre de Ronsard (Prince of Poets) and Cassandra Salviati. She wrote a number of other novels and she was given several awards including the Legion of Honour.

Jeanne Bourin died in Le Mesnil-le-Roi in 2003.

Notable works

  • Le bonheur est une femme (1963)
  • Très sage Héloïse (1966)
  • Agnès Sorel, la dame de Beauté (1970)
  • La Chambre des dames (1979), Grand prix des lectrices de Elle
  • Le Jeu de la tentation (1981)
  • Cuisine médiévale pour tables d'aujourd'hui (1983)
  • Le Grand feu (1985)
  • Les Amours blessées (1987)
  • Les Pérégrines (1989)
  • La Rose et la Mandragore (1990)
  • Compagnons d’éternité (1992)
  • La Garenne (1994)
  • Le Sourire de l'Ange (1996)