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Edmonde Charles-Roux

Born

in Neuilly sur Seine, France

April 17, 1920

Died

January 20, 2016

Genre

Fiction, Biography, Memoir

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November 1966, Edmonde Charles-Roux receives the Prix Goncourt for her novel « Oublier Palerme » - 1966 Grasset (« To Forget Palermo » – Delacourt Press, 1968). This prestigious prize brings to the limelight a writer who before had been relatively unknown. Daughter of a French Ambassador, she could have lived out her life as part of the upper-class bourgeoisie, but she chose to follow a far more perilous yet exalted path. During the war, she volunteered as a nurse on the front in 1940 and then joined the Resistance and participated in the liberation of France. After the war, she joined the staff at Elle Magazine as a journalist and later became the editor-in-chief of Vogue, democratizing fashion and promoting feminist causes. She is subsequ ...more

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Average rating: 3.67 · 1,944 ratings · 141 reviews · 38 distinct works • Similar authors

	Chanel and Her World 3.69 avg rating — 1,787 ratings — published 1974 — 72 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Oublier Palerme 3.46 avg rating — 94 ratings — published 1966 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Descubriendo a Coco 3.59 avg rating — 34 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Théâtre de la Mode by Edmonde Charles-Roux, David Seidner (Photographer), Susan Train (Editor) 4.33 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1991 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Un Désir d'Orient. Jeunesse d'Isabelle Eberhardt, 1877-1899 liked it 3.00 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1988 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Elle Adrienne 3.63 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1971 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Isabelle du désert 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2003 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	L'irrégulière ou mon itinéraire Chanel really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	L'homme de Marseille 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2001	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Feledni Palermót it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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