Rose Vincent
Rose Vincent | |
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Born | Marie Rose Treffot-Jurgensen 15 August 1918 |
Died | 15 June 2011 Clamart (Hauts-de-Seine) | (aged 92)
Occupation | Journalist Writer |
Rose Vincent (pseudonym for Marie Rose Treffot-Jurgensen) (15 March 1918 – 15 June 2011) was a French journalist and writer.
Originally from Bresse Louhanaise, Rose Vincent followed an original trajectory, adapted to the rich events of her century and her environment. First a teacher, then a Resistant, she became a journalist and writer after the Second World War.
She is the author of numerous works in her field of predilection: the education of children, as well as on India, where she lived 4 years, and novels, which received several awards.
Biography[]
The daughter of teachers in the Louhans region, where she spent her childhood, Marie Rose Treffot graduated from the École normale supérieure de Sèvres, (1937)[1] and obtained the agrégation of mathematic (1940–41).
In 1939, she married
.She taught at Dreux and Chartres (1940–43), while engaging in the Resistance, within the network "Defense de la France". She entered clandestinity from 1943, and collaborated in particular with the Cahiers de Défense de la France.[2]
After the Liberation, she worked on the daily newspaper France-Soir, from the clandestine newspaper Défense de la France and to the creation of the magazine France et Monde. In 1951, she joined the editorial office of the women's weekly Elle, where she led the "Parents-enfants" section until 1973. At the same time, she became editor-in-chief of Votre Enfant (1954-1958) and Femina Pratique (1957).
In 1958, Rose Vincent founded the monthly Femme Pratique, of which she was the director and editor-in-chief until 1972.
She also published several books on the education of children.
She worked at promoting the cause of women's emancipation. She then moved to India (1972–1976) and the Netherlands (1979–1982) with her husband, Ambassador of France, and began a career as a writer.
In 1976, she participated in the launch of the daily Joseph Fontanet.
, established byAfter her return to France, she published several historical and novel works, which won her many prizes, including the prix Maurice Genevoix.
In the last years of her life, she stayed mainly in Uzès (Gard), a country of adoption where she devoted herself to the writing of her latest works and to the restoration of the ( ).
Works[]
- 1957: with Roger Mucchielli. Comment connaitre votre enfant. Le Livre de Poche.
- 1962: L'éducation des enfants. Hachette.
- 1965: with Denise Hubert. Les coudes sur la table. Hachette.
- 1969: Connaissance de l'enfant. Éditions Denoël.
- 1971: Le Métier de mère. Centurion/Grasset.
- 1978: Mohini ou l'Inde des femmes. Le Seuil. 1977. ISBN 2-02-004709-8., Prix Auguste Furtado, in 1978)
- 1981: A la découverte de votre enfant. Retz.
- 1982: Le Temps d'un royaume. Le Seuil. 1982. ISBN 2-02-006207-0.
- 1985: Le soleil et la roue. Le Seuil. 1985. ISBN 2-02-008676-X. Prix Jules Favre; Prix RTL; Prix du récit historique; Prix des Pays Protestants
- 1987: L'adieu aux Champs. Le Seuil. ISBN 2-02-009636-6. Prix Maurice Genevoix; Prix Emile Guillaumin; Prix de culture Bourguignonne
- 1989: The French in India.
- 1992: L'Enfant de Port-Royal. Le Seuil. 1991. ISBN 2-02-013545-0.
- 1993 Collaboration (1993). Pondichery, l'échec d'un rêve d'empire. Autrement. ISBN 2-86260-433-X.
- 1995: Collaboration (1995). L'aventure des Français en Inde. Kailash. ISBN 2-909052-71-0.
- 1996: Vert est le Paradis. Le Seuil. 1996. ISBN 2-02-026241-X.
- 2000: La perle du Cardinal. Le Seuil. 2000. ISBN 2-02-034198-0.
Bibliography[]
Velay, Serge; Boissard, Michel; Bernié-Boissard, Catherine (2009). Petit dictionnaire des écrivains du Gard (in French). Nîmes: Alcide. pp. 245–246.
References[]
Honours and distinctions[]
- Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur
- Holder of the Resistance Medal
- Chevalier of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques
External links[]
- Rose Vincent on Babelio
- L’exceptionnelle Rose Vincent obituary on Le Journal de Saône-et-Loire
- Rose Vincent on BilioMonde
- Rose Vincent on the site of the Académie française
- L'Enfant de Port-Royal. Le roman de Jean Racine on Éditions du Seuil
- Rose Vincent on Charles de Gaulle.org
- 20th-century French writers
- French women journalists
- 20th-century French journalists
- 20th-century French women writers
- Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur
- Chevaliers of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques
- People from Saône-et-Loire
- 1918 births
- 2011 deaths
- French Resistance members