Jeanne Cressanges
Writing
- Born
- May 6, 1929 (age 97) · Noyant-d'Allier, Allier, France
Jeanne Cressanges, real name Jeanne Mouchonnier (born 6 May 1929 in Noyant-d'Allier (Allier) is a French screenwriter, dialoguist, essayist, and novelist.
Jeanne Cressanges was born in a modest family of the Bourbonnais. Her paternal family was a family of plasterers-painters from Dompierre-sur-Besbre, Her maternal family was a peasant family of Noyant-d'Allier. Her father, Jules Mouchonnier, worked for the railways. She grew up in Saint-Sornin, in the Bourbonnaise countryside.
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Between 1960 and 1970, she was a reader at Éditions Julliard and a columnist at Les Nouvelles littéraires. In 1968, she moved to Épinal, to follow her husband. The Vosges department was the setting for several of his novels, like Les Eaux rouges and Le Luthier de Mirecourt.
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Known for
Behind the camera3
- 1969Misdeal Adaptation
- 1969Une fille nommée Amour Writer
- 1968Sin with a Stranger Adaptation, Dialogue