About Hélène Parmelin
Lived 1915 – 1998 (aged 82). Hélène Parmelin was a French journalist, writer, art historian and art critic.
Hélène Parmelin (née Hélène Jungelson; 19 August 1915, in Nancy – 6 February 1998, in Paris) was a French novelist, journalist and art critic, best remembered for her novel La Montée du mur which was nominated for the Prix Fénéon in 1951. A prolific essayist and art historian, especially on the works of Pablo Picasso and her husband Édouard Pignon, her various writings are in the collections of the Institute for Contemporary Publishing Archives.
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Who was Hélène Parmelin?
French journalist (1915–1998)
When was Hélène Parmelin born?
Hélène Parmelin was born on 19 August 1915 in Nancy.
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Hélène Parmelin died on 5 February 1998 in 14th arrondissement of Paris.
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Hélène Parmelin was a journalist, writer, art historian and art critic.
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Hélène Parmelin was French.
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