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Madeleine Chapsal

French writer (1925-2024)

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Madeleine Chapsal (1 September 1925, 11 or 12 March 2024) was a French writer and the daughter of Robert Chapsal, son of the politician Fernand Chapsal, and of Marcelle Chaumont, who made dresses for Madeleine Vionnet.

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Madeleine Chapsal was born in Paris on 1 September 1925. She married the French journalist and politician Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber in 1947 with whom she participated in the creation of the news magazine L'Express. She was a member of the Prix Femina jury between 1981 and 2006. Chapsal died in the night of 11 to 12 March 2024, at the age of 98.

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