Francoise Giroud

Francoise Giroud

Date of Birth: 21.09.1916
Country: France

Content:
  1. Life and Career
  2. Early Life
  3. Journalism and Publications
  4. Family

Life and Career

Françoise Giroud (née Lazard) was a prominent French stateswoman, author, screenwriter, and journalist. She served as Minister of Culture from 1976 to 1977 and was Vice President of the Radical Party and the FDS.

Early Life

Giroud was born into a family of Sephardic Turkish Jews in Paris on September 21, 1916. Her father, Salih Gurji, was the director of the Ottoman Telegraphic Agency, and her mother, Elda Faraggi, was a homemaker. She attended Lycée Molière in Paris before traveling extensively without pursuing higher education.

Journalism and Publications

In 1945, Giroud joined the magazine Elle as an editor and worked there until 1953. She also contributed to various other publications, including France Dimanche, l'Intransigeant, and France Soir. In 1953, she founded the news magazine L'Express with her husband, Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber.

Giroud published several influential essays, including "La Nouvelle Vague, portrait de la jeunesse" (1958), which coined the term for the French New Wave film movement. She was instrumental in promoting and defining the cultural and intellectual trends of her time.

Family

Giroud was married to film producer Anatole Eliacheff from 1946 to 1961. They had one daughter, Caroline Eliacheff (born 1947), who is a renowned psychoanalyst, psychiatrist, and cultural anthropologist. Caroline was married to film director Robert Hossein.

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