Solange Fasquelle

Solange Fasquelle (14 July 1933 – 15 August 2016) was a French writer. She is the author of more than 20 novels.

Life Solange Fasquelle was born in Paris, the daughter of (1887–1970), Duke of La Rochefoucauld, and Edmée Frish of Fels (maiden; 1896–1991), Duchess.

Works Fasquelle's first novel, , was published in 1959. She later won the Cazes Prize in 1961 for her 1960 novel, , translated to English by Nigel Ryan, – relating to the European Public Works Congress ("congrès européen des Travaux publics") held in Aix-en-Provence at the beginning of summer – and, in 1967, won the Deux-Magots Prize for her 1966 novel.

Her lauded novels include and . Her 1972 book was made into a film by Francis Girod, starring Michel Piccoli and Romy Schneider. , her last novel, was published in 2003.

She was elected a member of the Femina Prize jury in 1992, following the steps of her mother, who had died the previous year. She remained on the jury until her death.

She had been the wife of Jean-Claude Fasquelle, chairman of the French publishing house Grasset from 1981 to 2000. Their daughter Ariane Fasquelle (née Ariane Marie Edmée Cyprien Fasquelle; 1955–2016) – also a publisher working as head of foreign acquisitions for Grasset – died April 19, 2016, before her mother.