Nicole de Buron (12 January 1929 – 11 December 2019) was a
French writer.[1][2]
Biography
Born on 12 January 1929 in
Tunis, de Buron first worked for the magazine Marie Claire before she began writing novels.[3] She was the mother of two daughters.[4]
Her 1958 novel Les Pieds sur le bureau won the
Prix Courteline.[5] She won the prix du Livre de l'été with the novel Qui c'est, ce garçon ? and the Grand Prize for Humor with Arrête ton cinema!.[6] In the mid-1990s, de Buron left her longtime publisher,
Groupe Flammarion, to join
Plon.[7] In 2003, she became the 3rd best-selling French novel writer.[8] She began operating an agricultural domain in
Castelreng, near
Limoux in 2014. For this, she won a medal from the
Order of Agricultural Merit.[9]
Most of de Buron's works were autobiographical humorous stories.[10][11] She also often engaged in self-mockery.
De Buron largely wrote the script of the TV show Les Saintes chéries, an adaptation of two of her novels.[12][13] She was also the screenwriter of six comedy films, including Take It From the Top, Erotissimo, and Elle court, elle court la banlieue.[14] She generally helped with adaptation and dialogue in films based on her novels.[15]
Publications
Drôle de Sahara (1956)
Et vogue la gondole! (1957)
Les Pieds sur le bureau (1958)
Sainte Chérie (1964)
Sainte Chérie en vacances (1967)
Vas-y maman (1978)
Dix-jours-de-rêve (1982)
Qui c'est, ce garçon ? (1985)
C'est quoi, ce petit boulot ? (1988)
Où sont mes lunettes ? (1991)
Arrêtez de piquer mes sous ! (1992)
Arrête ton cinéma ! (1994)
Mais t'as tout pour être heureuse ! (1996)
Chéri, tu m'écoutes ? … alors, répète ce que je viens de dire (1998)
Mon cœur, tu penses à quoi ? - … À rien (2000)
Docteur, puis-je vous voir… avant six mois ? (2003)
C’est fou ce qu’on voit de choses dans la vie ! (2006)