Personal Info
Known For
Writing
Known Credits
3
Gender
Female
Birthday
1930-09-27
Day of Death
2018-02-12 (88 years old)
Place of Birth
Blois, Loir-et-Cher, France
Also Known As
Françoise Xenakis
Biography
Marguerite Claude Françoise Xenakis (née Gargouïl; 27 September 1930 – 12 February 2018) was a French novelist and journalist, born in Blois, Loir-et-Cher. She started her literary career in the early 1960s, and became better known during the 1980s, when she started working at Le Matin de Paris, a daily newspaper, and for Télématin, a breakfast television news show. She chaired the judging panel for the literary prize 30 Million Friends. In 1953, she married Iannis Xenakis, who later went on to become an important classical composer of the post-war avant-garde. Their daughter Mâkhi Xenakis, sculptor and painter, was born in 1956. Source: Article "Françoise Xenakis" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
