Dominique Rolin

Daughter of a Belgian father and a French mother. Left Brussels and her family in 1946 and moved to Paris to pursue a career as a writer. In Paris she married illustrator Bernard Milleret. Made a definite breakthrough with Le Souffle, which earned her the Prix Femina in 1952. Predominant themes in her - often autobiographical - work: passing of time, love, growing old, physical decay, death. Titles include: Les Marais (1942), Les Quatre Coins (1954), Le Lit (1960), Le Corps (1969), L'Enrage (1978) and Le Futur Immediat (2001).