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Françoise Sagan

Born

in Carjoc, France

June 21, 1935

Died

September 24, 2004

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Romance, Philosophy

Influences

Marcel Proust, Francis Scott Fitzgerald, Stendhal, Jean Cocteau, Rimba ...more

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Born Françoise Quoirez, Sagan grew up in a French Catholic, bourgeois family. She was an independent thinker and avid reader as a young girl, and upon failing her examinations for continuing at the Sorbonne, she became a writer.

She went to her family's home in the south of France and wrote her first novel, Bonjour Tristesse, at age 18. She submitted it to Editions Juillard in January 1954 and it was published that March. Later that year, She won the Prix des Critiques for Bonjour Tristesse.

She chose "Sagan" as her pen name because she liked the sound of it and also liked the reference to the Prince and Princesse de Sagan, 19th century Parisians, who are said to be the basis of some of Marcel Proust's characters.

She was known for her love ...more

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Françoise Sagan’s books

Average rating: 3.72 · 89,814 ratings · 8,010 reviews · 200 distinct works • Similar authors

	Bonjour tristesse 3.72 avg rating — 57,848 ratings — published 1954 — 74 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Certain Smile 3.76 avg rating — 6,361 ratings — published 1955 — 143 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bonjour Tristesse / A Certain Smile 4.02 avg rating — 5,333 ratings — published 1956 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Aimez-vous Brahms... 3.72 avg rating — 4,665 ratings — published 1959 — 142 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sunlight on Cold Water by Françoise Sagan, Joanna Kilmartin (Translator) 3.81 avg rating — 1,895 ratings — published 1969 — 93 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	That Mad Ache by Françoise Sagan, Douglas R. Hofstadter (Translator) 3.96 avg rating — 1,394 ratings — published 1965 — 88 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dans un mois, dans un an 3.27 avg rating — 1,305 ratings — published 1957 — 114 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wonderful Clouds 3.52 avg rating — 1,086 ratings — published 1960 — 86 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Heart-Keeper 3.59 avg rating — 850 ratings — published 1968 — 74 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Scars on the Soul by Françoise Sagan, Joanna Kilmartin (Translation) 3.63 avg rating — 757 ratings — published 1972 — 71 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Françoise Sagan (?)

“Money may not buy happiness, but I'd rather cry in a Jaguar than on a bus.”
― Françoise Sagan

tags: cars, happiness, humor, money

561 likes

“Love lasts about seven years. That's how long it takes for the cells of the body to totally replace themselves.”
― Francois Sagan

tags: love, relationships

305 likes

“I have loved to the point of madness; that which is called madness, that which to me, is the only sensible way to love.”
― Françoise Sagan

tags: love

283 likes

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Polls

May 2021 New School Classic Poll

Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury, 1957, 239 pages

61 votes, 25.4%

Passing by Nella Larsen, 1929, 122 pages

51 votes, 21.3%

Maurice by E.M. Forster, 1971, 256 pages

39 votes, 16.3%

Possession by A.S. Byatt, 1990, 555 pages

36 votes, 15.0%

Bonjour Tristesse by Françoise Sagan, 1954, 113 pages

25 votes, 10.4%

Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey, 1988, 515 pages

15 votes, 6.3%

The Way West by A.B. Guthrie Jr., 1949, 352 pages

13 votes, 5.4%

240 total votes

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