Régine Deforges

Régine Deforges (born 15 August 1935) is a French author, editor, director, and playwright.

Born in Montmorillon, Vienne, she is sometimes called the "High Priestess of French erotic literature." Deforges was the first woman to own and operate a publishing house in France. Over the years, she has been censored, prosecuted, and heavily fined for publishing "offensive" literature.

One of her novels, "La Bicyclette bleue" ("The Blue Bicycle"), published in 1981, was France's biggest bestseller. In 2000, it was made into a television series. A story of love, obsession, and survival set during the turmoil of World War II, it developed into a successful series of seven books.

She was formerly president of the Société des Gens de Lettres de France and a member of the Prix Femina jury.

Deforges lives in Paris.

Bibliography

Novels and short stories

* "O m'a dit" ("O Told Me"), conversations with the author of "Story of O" (1975)
* "Blanche et Lucie" ("Blanche and Lucie"), short story about her two grandmothers (Fayard, 1976)
* "Le Cahier volé" ("The Stolen Folder"), short story partly inspired by a childhood spent at the École Saint-Martial de Montmorillon (Fayard, 1978)
* "Les Contes pervers" ("Perverted Tales"), her first erotic work (1980), later adapted for cinema
* "La Révolte des nonnes" ("The Nuns' Revolt", Fayard, 1981), adapted for television as "L'Enfant des Loups" ("Child of Wolves") in 1991
* "Les Enfants de Blanche" ("Blanche's Children"), a sequel to "Blanche et Lucie" (1982)
* "Sur les bords de la Gartempe" ("On the Banks of the Gartempe"), comprising "Blanche et Lucie", "Les Enfants de Blanche" and "Le Cahier volé"
* "Lola et quelques autres" ("Lola and a Few Others"), short story collection (Fayard, 1983)
* "L'Orage", ("The Storm", Éditions Blanche, 1986)
* "Pour l'amour de Marie Salat" ("For Love of Marie Salat", Albin Michel, 1987)
* "Sous le ciel de Novgorod" ("Under the Skies of Novgorod", Fayard, 1989)
* "Troubles de femmes" ("Women's Troubles"), short story (Éditions Spengler, 1994)
* "Journal d'un éditeur" ("An Editor's Journal")
* "Rencontres ferroviaires" ("Railroad Meetings", Fayard, 1999)
* "La petite fille au manteau rose" ("The Little Girl in the Pink Jacket"), short story in "Chemin faisant", a collection of stories set on public transport (Le Serpent à plumes, 2001)
* "La Hire, ou la colère de Jeanne" ("La Hire, or the Fury of Joan"), historical novel about Joan of Arc
* "Le collier de perles" ("The Pearl Necklace", Albin Michel) ISBN 2226155104 / 2006 : Le Livre de Poche (LGF) ISBN 2253117676 :: 2004

La Bicyclette bleue

*1981 : "La Bicyclette bleue" ("The Blue Bicycle", Fayard) / 1987 : Le Livre de Poche (LGF)
*1983 : "101, avenue Henri Martin" ("No. 101, Henri Martin Avenue", Fayard) / 1987 : Le Livre de Poche (LGF)
*1985 : "Le Diable en rit encore" ("The Devil's Still Laughing About It", Fayard) / 1988 : Le Livre de Poche (LGF)
*1991 : "Noir tango" ("Black Tango", Fayard) / 1993 : Le Livre de Poche (LGF)
*1994 : "Rue de la Soie" ("Silk Road", Fayard) / 1996 : Le Livre de Poche (LGF)
*1996 : "La Dernière colline" ("The Final Hill", Fayard) / 1999 : Le Livre de Poche (LGF)
*1999 : "Cuba libre!" ("To the Freedom of Cuba!", Fayard) / 2001 : Le Livre de Poche (LGF)
*2001 : "Alger, ville blanche" ("Algiers, White City", Fayard) / 2003 : Le Livre de Poche (LGF)
*2003 : "Les Généraux du crépuscule" ("The Generals of Twilight", Fayard) / 2005 : Le Livre de Poche (LGF)
*2007 : "Et quand vient la fin du voyage" ("And When the Trip is Over", Fayard)

Essays

* "Entre femmes" ("Among Women", Éditions Blanche/Robert Laffont 1999)
* "Fragments" ("Fragments", France Loisirs, 1997)
* "Les Non-dits de Régine Deforges" ("My Taboos", Stock, 1997)
* "Roger Stéphane ou la passion d’admirer" ("Roger Stéphane, or the Drive to Admire", Fayard/Éditions Spengler, 1995)
* "Camilo" ("Camilo", Fayard, 1999)

Anthologies

* "Les Cent plus beaux cris de femmes" ("The Hundred Most Beautiful Cries of Women", Cherche-Midi Éditeur, 1980)
* "La Chanson d’amour, petite anthologie" ("The Love Song", Éditions Mango-Images, 1999)
* "Poèmes de femmes" ("Poems by Women", Cherche-Midi Éditeur, 1993)

Tales

* "Léa au pays des dragons", ("Léa in the Land of Dragons", 1982)
* "L’Apocalypse de saint Jean" ("The Apocalypse of St John", Éditions Ramsay, 1985)
* "L’Arche de Noé de grand-mère" ("Grandmother's Noah's Ark", Éditions Calligram, 1995)
* "Léa au pays des dragons" (réédition par Nathan, 1991)
* "Léa et les diables" ("Léa and the Demons", Seuil, 1991)
* "Léa et les fantômes" ("Léa and the Ghosts", Seuil, 1992)
* "Le Couvent de sœur Isabelle" ("The Convent of Sister Isabelle", Seuil, 1992)
* "Les Chiffons de Lucie" ("Lucie's Scraps", Éditions Calligram, 1993)
* "Les Poupées de grand-mère" ("Grandmother's Dolls", Stock, 1994)

Filmography

*"Les Filles de madame Claude" ("The Daughters of Mme Claude", director, 1980)

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