Writing

Geneviève Dormann

Born — Died

1933-09-24 — 2015-02-13

Place of birth

Paris, France

Known for

Writing

Credits

3 titles

IMDb profile

Geneviève Dormann (24 September 1933 – 13 February 2015) was a French journalist and novelist. The daughter of politician Maurice Dormann, she was born in Paris. Dormann worked as a journalist for the magazine Marie Claire and for the newspaper Le Figaro. In 1957, she published her first book La Première pierre, a collection of stories. She was awarded the Prix des Quatre-Jurys in 1971 for Je t'apporterai des orages and the Prix des Deux Magots for her 1974 novel Le Bateau du courrier. In 1981, Dormann received the Grand Prix de la ville de Paris for her work. The following year, Le Roman de Sophie Trébuchet, about Victor Hugo's mother, received the prix Kléber Haedens. In 1989, she was a…

Known for

8.5

Apostrophes was a live, weekly, literary, prime-time, talk show on French television created and hosted by Bernard Pivot. It ran for fifteen years (724 episodes) from January 10, 1975, to June 22, 1990, and was one of the most watched shows on French television (around 6 million regular viewers). It was broadcast on Friday nights on the channel France 2 (which was called "Antenne 2" from 1975 to 1992). The hourlong show was devoted to books, authors and literature. The format varied between one-on-one interviews with a single author and open discussions between four or five authors.