Béatrix Beck

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

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

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, the French title is Léon Morin, prêtre
  • 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)
gollark: Even if not directly money.
gollark: But if people are raised by their parents, wealthier parents can quite easily give them access to more stuff.
gollark: And why would government organised like this be immune to the horrible problems of current politics?
gollark: I don't see how you could possibly implement that without just collectively raising children.
gollark: Maybe we should just entirely ignore the pointless debate over terms and call it "ideology 38920184".

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