Benoîte Groult
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Benoîte Groult is a French writer.
ian upper class. After her studies in literature ended in 1953, she worked as a journalist for television. Before publishing her own book in 1972, she co-wrote three books with her younger sister Flora.
Because Groult is a feminist
, her novels often deal with topics such as the history of feminism
, the discrimination
of women and misogyny
.
Her novel Les vaisseaux du cœur was filmed by Andrew Birkin in 1992.
Groult was married four times. Her first husband, Blaise Landon, whom she married in 1943, died the following year. In 1945, she married medical student Pierre Heuyer, who died soon afterward. In 1951, she married journalist Georges de Caunes with whom she had two daughters, Blandine and Lison. She later she married writer Paul Guimard
(1921–2004). The couple had one daughter, Constance.
In April 2010, she became Commander of the Légion d'honneur
.
Biography
Groult, the daughter of a fashion designer, was raised in the ParisParis
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
ian upper class. After her studies in literature ended in 1953, she worked as a journalist for television. Before publishing her own book in 1972, she co-wrote three books with her younger sister Flora.
Because Groult is a feminist
Feminism
Feminism is a collection of movements aimed at defining, establishing, and defending equal political, economic, and social rights and equal opportunities for women. Its concepts overlap with those of women's rights...
, her novels often deal with topics such as the history of feminism
Feminism
Feminism is a collection of movements aimed at defining, establishing, and defending equal political, economic, and social rights and equal opportunities for women. Its concepts overlap with those of women's rights...
, the discrimination
Discrimination
Discrimination is the prejudicial treatment of an individual based on their membership in a certain group or category. It involves the actual behaviors towards groups such as excluding or restricting members of one group from opportunities that are available to another group. The term began to be...
of women and misogyny
Misogyny
Misogyny is the hatred or dislike of women or girls. Philogyny, meaning fondness, love or admiration towards women, is the antonym of misogyny. The term misandry is the term for men that is parallel to misogyny...
.
Her novel Les vaisseaux du cœur was filmed by Andrew Birkin in 1992.
Groult was married four times. Her first husband, Blaise Landon, whom she married in 1943, died the following year. In 1945, she married medical student Pierre Heuyer, who died soon afterward. In 1951, she married journalist Georges de Caunes with whom she had two daughters, Blandine and Lison. She later she married writer Paul Guimard
Paul Guimard
Paul Guimard was a French writer known for combining his passion for writing with his love of the sea. His most famous work was Les Choses de la Vie, which was adapted to film, with a complete change of its ending, by Claude Sautet, with Romy Schneider and Michel Piccoli.-Biography:Guimard was...
(1921–2004). The couple had one daughter, Constance.
In April 2010, she became Commander of the Légion d'honneur
Légion d'honneur
The Legion of Honour, or in full the National Order of the Legion of Honour is a French order established by Napoleon Bonaparte, First Consul of the Consulat which succeeded to the First Republic, on 19 May 1802...
.
Published books
- 1972: La part des choses
- 1975: Ainsi soit-elle
- 1977: Le féminisme au masculin
- 1983: Les trois quarts du temps
- 1988: Les vaisseaux du cœur
- 1991: Pauline Roland ou Comment la liberté vint aux femmes
- 2006: La touche étoile
External links
- „Finden Sie String-Tangas bequem?“ Tagesspiegel, 6. Mai 2007, Interview about aging