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Chantal Thomas

  • Name: Chantal Thomas
  • Birthday: 1945-10-18
  • Place of birth: Lyon, Rhône, France
  • Popularity: 0.858
Biography: Chantal Thomas (born 18 October 1945, in Lyon) is a French writer and historian. Her 2002 book, Farewell, My Queen, won the Prix Femina and was adapted into a 2012 film starring Diane Kruger and Léa Seydoux. Thomas was born in Lyon in 1945, and was raised in Arcachon, Bordeaux, and Paris. Her life has included teaching jobs at American and French universities (such as Yale and Princeton) as well as a publishing career. She has published nineteen works, including essays on the Marquis de Sade, Casanova, and Marie Antoinette. In 2002, Thomas published Les adieux à la reine (Farewell, My Queen). The novel gave a fictional account of the final days of Marie Antoinette in power through the... Read More

Movies:

Title Release date
Marie Antoinette: A Film by David Grubin   as  Self 2006-11-28