Geneviève Fauconnier, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Geneviève Fauconnier

French writer

Date of Birth: 03-Jan-1886

Place of Birth: Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Date of Death: 11-Dec-1969

Profession: writer, novelist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Geneviève Fauconnier (Barbezieux, 3 January 1886 – Saint-Palais-de-Négrignac, 11 December 1969) was a French novelist who lived in the south of the Charente département, (France).
She was one of the most sensitive members of the so-called Groupe de Barbezieux.
She won the Prix Femina in 1933 with her novel Claude. Her brother, Henri Fauconnier (Prix Goncourt in 1930) and Jacques Chardonne (Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française in 1932) were some of the most famous writers of this group.