LC control no. | n 50042579 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
LC classification | PQ2623.E3657 |
Personal name heading | Leduc, Violette, 1907-1972 |
Birth date | 1907 |
Death date | 1972 |
Found in | Her L'asphyxie, 1946. Therese and Isabelle, 2014: CIP t.p. (Violette Leduc) data view ("Controversial french writer Violette Leduc's (1907-1972) first novel L'Asphyxie (In the Prison of Her Skin) was published by Albert Camus for Éditions Gallimard and earned high praise from Jean-Paul Sartre, Jean Cocteau and Jean Genet. Leduc's memoir La Bâtarde (1964) was nominated for the Prix Goncourt and quickly became a bestseller. She went on to write eight more books, including La Folie en tête (Mad in Pursuit), the second part of her literary autobiography. Leduc died of cancer at age 65") |