Annick Geille

French writer and journalist

Annick Geille is a French writer and journalist. She won the prix du premier roman in 1981 for Portrait d'un amour coupable and prix Alfred-Née of the Académie française in 1984 for Une femme amoureuse. With Robert Doisneau, she is also cofounder of the magazine Femme.

She had a long-term affair with Françoise Sagan, after Geille approached Sagan about an article for the magazine that she edited, French Playboy.^[1]

As of 2021, she is a member of the jury of the Prix Jean-Freustié.^[2]

Works

1978: Le Nouvel homme, JC Lattès
1981: Portrait d'un amour coupable, Grasset
1984: Une femme amoureuse, Grasset
1986: La Voyageuse du soir, Gallimard
1990: Les Roses électriques, Flammarion
1999: Une époque en or, éditions Mazarine
2002: Le Diable au cœur, Denoël
2005: Femme en voie de disparition, Denoël
2007: Un amour de Sagan, Éditions Pauvert [fr]
2011: Pour lui, Fayard

References

^ Campbell, Matthew, "Lesbian love triangle stirs Paris literati", The Sunday Times, 26 December 2007
^ Contreras, Isabel, "Les trois finalistes du prix Jean Freustié 2021", Livreshebdo, 22 April 2021