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Christiane Rochefort

クリスティアーヌ・ロシュフォール

Kurishutiane Rochefort

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1917-07-17 （Paris）
Died
1998-04-24 age 80
Nationality
French
Languages
French
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Paris

Career

Occupations
writer, journalist, press attaché to the Cannes Film Festival
Active Years
1956-1997

Awards

Prix Médicis
1988
Work: La porte du fond
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Le Repos du guerrier

1958 novel

A woman cares for an alcoholic man. Depicts feminist perspectives.

feminismsocial satire
Adaptations
  • [film] Love on a Pillow / Roger Vadim (1962)
Translations
  • translated by Lowell Bair (1959)

Les stances à Sophie

1963 novel

Novel exploring themes of homosexuality.

homosexualitysocial norms
Translations
  • translated by Helen Eustis (1965, Cat's Don't Care for Money)

Bibliography

  • Cendres et or (1956)
  • Warrior's Rest (1959)
  • Children of Heaven (1962) / Josyane and the Welfare (1963)
  • Cat's Don't Care for Money (1965)
  • Une rose pour Morrison (1966)
  • Spring in the Parking Lot (1969)
  • Archaos, ou le Jardin Etincelant (1972)
  • Encore heureux qu'on va vers l'été (1975)
  • Quand tu vas chez les femmes (1982)
  • La porte du fond (1988)
  • Conversations sans paroles (1997)

Translations of Works

  • Le repos du guerrier → Warrior's Rest
  • Les stances à Sophie → Cat's Don't Care for Money

Style & Themes

Literary Style
social realist satiresutopian or dystopian fantasiesstrong sexual elements
Recurring Motifs
feminismsocial critiquesexuality

Legacy

French feminist writer known for novels blending social satire and speculative fiction, winner of the Prix Médicis in 1988.

Trivia

  • Born into a left-wing working-class Parisian family; her father joined the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War.