Role Writer Other names Francoise Lilar Movies Nathalie | Occupation writer Siblings Marie Fredericq-Lilar Name Francoise Mallet-Joris | |
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Spouse(s) Robert AmadouAlain JoxeJacques Delfau Books Le rempart des béguines, La maison de papier Children Pauline Delfau, Daniel Amadou, Alberte Delfau, Vincent Delfau Parents Suzanne Lilar, Albert Lilar Similar People Suzanne Lilar, Marie‑Paule Belle, Albert Lilar, Robert Amadou, Alain Joxe | ||
Fran oise mallet joris marie paule belle en s ance de travail
Françoise Lilar (6 July 1930 – 13 August 2016), pen name Françoise Mallet-Joris, was a Belgian author.
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- Fran oise mallet joris marie paule belle en s ance de travail
- Marie paule belle fran oise mallet joris et michel grisolia 1979
- Literary debut
- Themes
- Literary awards
- References
She was born in Antwerp, the daughter of the writer Suzanne Lilar and the Belgian Minister of Justice and Minister of State Albert Lilar, and the sister of the 18th century art historian Marie Fredericq-Lilar. Mallet-Joris spent two years in the United States before going to Paris, France, where she attended the Sorbonne. She lived in Paris and Brussels, Belgium.
She has been married to Robert Amadou, Alain Joxe and Jacques Delfau, and has four children, Daniel Amadou, and Vincent, Alberte and Pauline Delfau.
She is a prolific writer who was a member of the Prix Femina committee from 1969 to 1971 when she was appointed to the Académie Goncourt.
Marie paule belle fran oise mallet joris et michel grisolia 1979
Literary debut
Mallet-Joris began her literary career early with the publication of Le rempart des Béguines in 1951. It was translated as The Illusionist. It is set in a town that resembles Mallet-Joris' native Antwerp and addresses the themes of social class and lesbianism. She followed her first work with a sequel in 1955 named La chambre rouge, in English; The Red Room. In it, she continued her treatment of social class and norms in Belgium.
Themes
Mallet-Joris' novels deal with interpersonal relationships and social class in France and Belgium. Often, characters must deal with disappointment as they realize they have unrealistic expectations. She also depicts social climbers and deceitful characters.
In Allegra (1976) Mallet-Joris tackled the themes of racism and feminism in France.
She has also written works of non fiction, like The Uncompromising Heart: A Life of Marie Mancini, Louis XIV's First Love in 1964, and she has written essays about her philosophy of life and writing in Lettre à moi-même (A Letter to Myself) in 1963 and La Maison de papier (The Paper House) in 1970.
Literary awards
Mallet-Joris won the "Librarians' Prize" (Prix des bibliothécaires) in 1958 for House of Lies (in French, the title was Les mensonges which means simply "Lies"), the Femina Prize in 1958 for Café Céleste (in French, it was called L'empire céleste which means "Heavenly Empire" or "Celestial Empire", a title that is highly ironic) and the Monaco Prize in 1964 for her biography of Marie Mancini.