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Raphaële Billetdoux

b. 1951

French novelist

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Born 1951. Raphaële Billetdoux is a French journalist, writer, film director, novelist and director.

Raphaële Billetdoux (born 28 February 1951 in Paris) is a French novelist.

Biography She is the daughter of François Billetdoux, and was a companion of the political journalist Paul Guilbert (died July 2002).

She was an assistant editor on feature films and television. Then in 1975, she became a journalist. She made a feature film, La Femme enfant (1980). In 2006, she wrote a memoir, Un peu de désir, sinon je meurs, under the name "Marie" Billetdoux.

Awards Bourse de la Fondation del Duca, for Jeune fille en silence. 1974 Prix Louise de Vilmorin and Prix Contrepoint, for L'Ouverture des bras de l'homme 1976 Prix Interallié, for Prends garde à la douceur des choses 1985 Prix Renaudot, for Mes nuits sont plus belles que vos jours

Works Jeune fille en silence, Éditions du Seuil, Paris, 1971; Seuil, 2007, L'Ouverture des bras de l'homme, Éditions du Seuil, Paris, 1973; Seuil, 2006, Prends garde à la douceur des choses, Éditions du Seuil, Lettre d'excuse, Éditions du Seuil, Paris, 1981, Mes nuits sont plus belles que vos jours, Grasset, Paris, 1985, Night without day, Viking, 1987, Entrez et fermez la porte, Grasset, Paris, 1991, Mélanie dans un vent terrible, Grasset, Paris, 1994, Chère madame ma fille cadette, Grasset, Paris, 1997, Je frémis en le racontant: horresco referens, Plon, Paris, 2000, De l'air, Albin Michel, Paris, 2001, Un peu de désir sinon je meurs, Albin Michel, Paris, 2006, C'est fou, une fille..., Albin Michel, Paris, 2007, C'est encore moi qui vous écris, Stock, Paris, 2010,

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Born
1951, Paris
Birth century
Nationality
Education
École alsacienne
Awards
Knight of the Legion of Honour; Prix Renaudot; Prix Interallié; Officer of the National Order of Merit; Knight of the National Order of Merit; Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres‎; Prix Valentine de Wolmar; Prix Anna de Noailles

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Who is Raphaële Billetdoux?

French novelist

When was Raphaële Billetdoux born?

Raphaële Billetdoux was born in 1951 in Paris.

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Raphaële Billetdoux is a journalist, writer, film director, novelist and director.

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Raphaële Billetdoux is French.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Raphaële Billetdoux

· Wikidata: Q3419549

· DBpedia: Raphaële Billetdoux

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