Claire Gallois, writer and juror of the Femina Prize for forty years, died at the age of 87

A blessing will be given in his memory on November 27 at 10:00 a.m. in the Basilica of Sainte-Clotilde in

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Published on 21/11/2024 10:27

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The novelist and essayist Claire Gallois in 2015. (MAXPPP)
The novelist and essayist Claire Gallois in 2015. (MAXPPP)

Claire Gallois, writer and juror of the Femina Prize for forty years, died at the age of 87, the literary institution said on Wednesday November 20, 2024. “His opinions, his convictions, his literary passions will be greatly missed by the jury.“, said the Femina Prize, which held “to express his great sadness” in a press release.

A blessing will be given in his memory on November 27 at 10:00 a.m. in the Basilica of Sainte-Clotilde in Paris, the literary institution further specifies. Claire Gallois, Parisian novelist and essayist, notably wrote To my only desire (1965), A girl sewn with white thread (1970), The troubled man (1989) or even Dangerous hours (1992), which was a bestseller.


Book cover

Book cover

Cover of the book “Dangerous Hours” by Claire Gallois. (GRASSET)

The Femina novel prize was awarded this year to the Franco-Venezuelan writer Miguel Bonnefoy, for The Jaguar's Dream.

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