Françoise Parturier (1919 – August 12, 1995) was a French writer and journalist.
She was the first "symbolic" female candidate for the Académie française in 1970.The daughter of a doctor, she was born in Paris and studied at the University of Paris.
In 1947, she married Jean Gatichon.
She began a career in journalism after World War II.
From 1950 to 1951, Parturier taught contemporary literature in the United States.
She was a regular contributor to Le Figaro from 1956 to 1975.
Parturier wrote three books in partnership with Josette Raoul-Duval under the nom de plume "Nicole".
In 1959, she began writing under her own name.Parturier died at Neuilly at the age of 75.