Françoise Xenakis

Françoise Xenakis (born Françoise Gargouïl, 27 September 1930) is 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 one of the most important classical composers of the post-war avant-garde. Their daughter Mâkhi Xenakis, sculptor and painter, was born in 1956.

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