Sagan, Françoise

Sagan, Françoise (fräNswäz` sägäN`), pseudonym of Françoise Quoirez (kwärĕz`), 1935–2004, French novelist, b. Françoise Quoirez. She became famous with her precocious first book, Bonjour tristesse (1954, tr. 1955), a bittersweetly amoral portrayal of a sophisticated, disillusioned French society. Her other novels include Un Certain Sourire (tr. 1956), Aimez-vous Brahms? (1959, tr. 1960), and Un Sang d'aquarelle (1987, tr. Painting in Blood, 1988).

Bibliography

See study by J. Miller (1988).

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Sagan, Françoise

 orig. Françoise Quoirez

(born June 21, 1935, Carjac, France—died Sept. 24, 2004, Honfleur) French novelist and dramatist. While attending the Sorbonne, she published her best-known novel, the poignant Bonjour Tristesse (1954), when she was 19 years old. It became an international best-seller and was followed by A Certain Smile (1956). Her later novels often feature aimless people in tangled relationships. Her plays, including Opposite Extremes (1987), resemble her novels in their subject matter.