Edmonde Charles-Roux

Known for

Writing

Born

April 17, 1920

Birthplace

Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France

Died

January 20, 2016 (aged 95)

Biography

Edmonde Charles-Roux (17 April 1920 – 20 January 2016) was a French writer.

Charles-Roux was born in 1920 at Neuilly-sur-Seine, the daughter of Francois Charles-Roux, the former French ambassador to Czechoslovakia, a member of the Institut de France and the last chairman of the Suez Canal Company. Her paternal grandfather, Jules Charles-Roux, was a businessman and politician.

Charles-Roux was a volunteer nurse in World War II, at first in a French Foreign Legion unit, the 11th infantry regiment abroad. She was wounded at Verdun while bringing aid to a legionnaire.

Then she joined the Resistance, again as a nurse. After the landings in Provence, she was attached to the 5th Armored Division...