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Béatrix Beck
Born(1914-07-14)14 July 1914
Villars-sur-Ollon, Switzerland
Died30 November 2008(2008-11-30) (aged 94)
NationalityFrance
Belgium
Occupationwriter

Béatrix Beck (14 July 1914 – 30 November 2008) was a French writer of Belgian origin.

She was born at Villars-sur-Ollon, Switzerland, the daughter of the poet Christian Beck. After several jobs, she became the secretary of André Gide who encouraged her to write about her experiences: her mother's suicide, the war, her poverty, etc. Beck died in Saint-Clair-sur-Epte in 2008.[1]

Bibliography

  • 1948 Barny
  • 1950 Une mort irrégulière
  • 1952 The Passionate Heart - Prix Goncourt
  • 1954 Des accommodements avec le ciel
  • 1963 Le muet
  • 1967 Cou coupé court toujours
  • 1977 L'épouvante l'émerveillement
  • 1978 Noli
  • 1979 La décharge - Prix du Livre Inter
  • 1980 Devancer la nuit
  • 1981 Josée dite Nancy
  • 1983 Don Juan des forêts
  • 1984 L'enfant-chat - Prix litteraire de Trente millions d'amis
  • 1986 La prunelle des yeux
  • 1988 Stella Corfou
  • 1989 Une
  • 1990 Grâce
  • 1991 Recensement
  • 1993 Une Lilliputienne
  • 1994 Vulgaires vies
  • 1994 Moi ou autres (nouvelles)
  • 1996 Prénoms (nouvelles)
  • 1997 Plus loin, mais où
  • 1998 Confidences de gargouille
  • 2000 La petite Italie (nouvelles)
  • 2001 Guidée par le songe (nouvelles)
  • Contes à l'enfant né coiffé
  • La mer intérieure
  • La grenouille d'encrier
  • Mots couverts (poèmes)

References

  1. ^ "Béatrix Beck, auteure de "Léon Morin, prêtre", est morte". Le Monde (in French). 30 November 2008. Retrieved 6 September 2010.