Writing plays began capturing more of her interest. Sagan continued to live in Paris, working on song lyrics, screenplays and more. They went on to sell millions of copies worldwide. Her works presented romantic storylines with touches of existentialism, and were populated with rich, often dissolute characters. The success of her first novel was followed closely with Un Certain Sourire ( A Certain Smile) in 1956 and Dans un Mois, Dans un An ( Those Without Shadows) in 1957. With this distraction, Sagan lost interest in her studies and dropped out. Soon, it was translated into more than a dozen languages. It was published in 1954, when she was only eighteen years old.īonjour Tristesse was an instant phenomenon, selling hundreds of thousands of copies in a short time. Within a year, she began writing Bonjour Tristesse.
She and her siblings were raised in an upper-middle class family in France.Īfter graduating from Paris schools, in 1952 Sagan began her university study at the Sorbonne.
Her nom de plume was inspired by the Princesse de Sagan, Marcel Proust’s favorite author. Françoise Sagan (J– September 24, 2004) born Françoise Quarez in Cajac, France was a French novelist, playwright, and screenwriter.
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