Andrée Martinerie (17 April 1917 – 1997) was a 20th-century French writer, laureate of the prix des libraires on 1961.
Biography An aggregée of classical letters, Andrée Martinerie began her career by translating important authors such as Fitzroy Maclean, Herman Wouk, Irwin Shaw, L.P. Hartley and Mika Waltari. In 1961 she published a first novel, Les autres jours which obtained the Prix des Libraires. She never stopped publishing novels until the tragedy that cost two of her three grandchildren (1980). The only testimony and the album, she will publish after this drama will be devoted to the latter.
Andrée Martinerie was the wife of André Bertrand, a lawyer, and the mother of Christine Chambaz-Bertrand, a specialist in George Sand. She was also the mother of .
Work 1961: Les Autres Jours, prix des libraires, éditions Gallimard, 1964: Le Rêve familier, éditions Grasset 1968: L'Été d'une vie, Grasset 1970: Quand finira la nuit ?, Grasset, ASIN B003CO95PC 1976: Une fille de vingt ans, Grasset, 1980: L'Espace d'un cri, Grasset 1982: Une passion de grand-mère, éditions Robert Laffont, 1985: Dis-moi, grand-mère (in collaboration with Geneviève Jurgensen), Robert Laffont
External links Andrée Martinerie on Babelio L'espace d'un cri / Andrée Martinerie Martine on Gallica