Edmonde Charles-Roux

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Edmonde Charles-Roux
Edmonde Charles-Roux in 2011
Edmonde Charles-Roux in 2011
BornMarie-Charlotte Élisabeth Edmonde Charles-Roux
(1920-04-17)17 April 1920
Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Died20 January 2016(2016-01-20) (aged 95)
Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
NationalityFrench
Notable awardsPrix Goncourt

Edmonde Charles-Roux (17 April 1920 – 20 January 2016) was a French writer. She was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine.

In 1946, she joined the staff of a magazine being created, a women's weekly: Elle, where she spent two years. From 1948, she worked for the French edition of Vogue, becoming the magazine’s editor-in-chief in 1954.

Charles-Roux died on 20 January 2016, in Marseille, France, at the age of 95.[1]

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  1. Catinchi, Phillippe-Jean (21 January 2016). "Mort d'Edmonde Charles-Roux, journaliste et romancière". Le Monde (in French). Paris. Retrieved 2016-01-21.

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