About Élisabeth Gille
Lived 1937 – 1996 (aged 59). Élisabeth Gille was a French linguist, publisher, translator, writer, science fiction writer and english–French translator.
Élisabeth Gille (20 May 1937 in Paris – 30 September 1996) was a French translator and writer. She was the younger daughter of the French-Russian-Jewish writer Irène Némirovsky and Michel Epstein. She was the author of Le Mirador, an imaginary biography of her mother. In addition to her book about her mother, she was also the primary editor at the French publishing house, Denoël. She died shortly after her novel, Un pays de cendres, based on the story of her and her sister Denise's survival, was published.
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Who was Élisabeth Gille?
French writer and translator (1937-1996)
When was Élisabeth Gille born?
Élisabeth Gille was born on 20 March 1937 in Paris.
When did Élisabeth Gille die?
Élisabeth Gille died on 30 September 1996 in Paris.
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Élisabeth Gille was a linguist, publisher, translator, writer, science fiction writer and english–French translator.
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Élisabeth Gille was French.
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