Françoise Xenakis

Marguerite Claude Françoise Xenakis was a French novelist and journalist, born in Blois, Loir-et-Cher. She started her literary career in the early 1960s, and became better known during the 1980s, when she started working at Le Matin de Paris, a daily newspaper, and for Télématin, a breakfast television news show. She chaired the judging panel for the literary prize 30 Million Friends.
In 1953, she married Iannis Xenakis, who later went on to become an important classical composer of the post-war avant-garde. Their daughter Mâkhi Xenakis, sculptor, painter and writer, was born in 1956.

Selected works

Le Petit Caillou Des dimanches et des dimanches Aux lèvres pour que j'aie moins soif Écoute Et alors les morts pleureront Moi, j'aime pas la mer L'écrivain ou La sixième roue du carrosse Elle lui dirait dans l'île La Natte coupée Zut! on a encore oublié Madame Freud La Vie exemplaire de Rita Capuchon Le Temps usé Attends-moi Désolée, mais ça ne se fait pas Chéri, tu viens pour la photo Mouche-toi, Cléopâtre Maman, je veux pas être empereur Regarde, nos chemins se sont fermés

''Danielle Mitterrand : la petite fille qui voulait être Antigone''