name: Christiane Rochefort
birth_date: 1917-07-17 00:00:00
death_date: 1998-04-24 00:00:00
genres: Fiction, Nonfiction
avg_rating: 3.68
ratings_count: 494
about: Christiane Rochefort (1917-1998)French writer, social critic, and feminist, who examined in her novels the situation of women and children, female sexuality, and struggle for personal freedom. Rochefort gained international fame with Le Repos du guerrier (1958, Warrior's Rest), which was made into a film in 1962, starring Brigitte Bardot. Les petits enfants du siècle (1961), another widely translated novel, was a commentary on the French government-assistance epoch. Rochefort received Prix du Roman Populiste in 1961 and the Medicis Prize in 1988. (from www.kirjasto.sci.fi/croche.htm) Christiane Rochefort (1917-1998)French writer, social critic, and feminist, who examined in her novels the situation of women and children, female sexuality, and struggle for personal freedom. Rochefort gained international fame with Le Repos du guerrier (1958, Warrior's Rest), which was made into a film in 1962, starring Brigitte Bardot. Les petits enfants du siècle (1961), another widely translated novel, was a commentary on the French government-assistance epoch. Rochefort received Prix du Roman Populiste in 1961 and the Medicis Prize in 1988. (from www.kirjasto.sci.fi/croche.htm) ...more