Violette Leduc [SEP] date of birth
Violette Leduc
Violette Leduc (7 April 1907 – 28 May 1972) was a French author.
Biography.
She was born in Arras, Pas de Calais, France, on 7 April 1907. She was the illegitimate daughter of a servant girl, Berthe Leduc and André Debaralle, the son of a rich Protestant family in Valenciennes, who subsequently refused to legitimize her. In Valenciennes, Violette spent most of her childhood suffering from poor self-esteem, exacerbated by her mother's hostility and excessive protectiveness. She
her employee Selena Cross.
- Violette Leduc, "La Batarde" (1964 autobiography).
- Marguerite Yourcenar, "The Abyss" (1968 historical novel): centres on a man's quest for meaning in his life, and the consequences of his illegitimate birth on his mother (devastating) and his father (very little). Belgian filmmaker André Delvaux adapted it into a movie in 1988.
- John Irving, "The World According to Garp" (1982 novel): the eponymous protagonist is