The Resume

(June 21, 1935-September 24, 2004)
Born in Carjarc, France
Birth name was Francoise Quoirez
Wrote 'Bonjour Tristesse' (1954), 'A Certain Smile' (1955), 'Aimez-vous Brahms?' (1959), 'La Chamade' (1965), 'Sunlight on Cold Water' (1969), 'Scars on the Soul' (1972), 'The Unmade Bed' (1977), and 'The Painted Lady' (1981)
Directed 'The Blue Ferns' (1977)

Why she might be annoying:

Growing up, she was expelled from a series of convent schools.
She flunked out of the Sorbonne.
She declared marriage hopelessly dull, but was wed twice.
She chain smoked.
She was arrested twice for cocaine possession.
She was convicted of tax fraud (2002).
Her later books became increasingly formulaic.

Why she might not be annoying:

She took her pen name from a character in Marcel Proust's 'In Search of Lost Time.'
She wrote the best seller 'Bonjour Tistesse' at age 18.
Her characters, like J. D. Salinger's, became icons for disillusioned teens.
She had a long-term lesbian affair with French Playboy editor Annick Geille after being interviewed for the magazine.
She said, 'A dress makes no sense unless it inspires men to want to take it off you.'

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Bisexuals
• Born on the First Day of Summer [June 21st] (Ranked: 1935)
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 13]
• Cannes Film Festival Jury Members (Ranked: 1979)
• Cannes Film Festival Jury Presidents (Ranked: 1979)
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [June] (Ranked: 6211935)
• Entertainers Loved by Depressed Teens
• I Abused Amphetamines
• I Abused Cocaine
• I Abused Heroin
• I am a Citizen of France
• I Died in 2004 (Ranked: 69)
• I Need to Place a Wager
• I Stutter/Stammer
• Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century [1999] (Ranked: 41)
• My Spouse is at Least Ten Years Older than Me
• Profiles 23251-23500 (Ranked: 23371)
• Tax Evaders
• UK Guardian's Helena Frith Powell's Top 10 Sexy French Books (Ranked: 4)
• Women Who had Abortions

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 8 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 6 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 6 Votes: 16.67% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 11 Votes: 63.64% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 16 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 21 Votes: 61.90% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 30 Votes: 63.33% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 27 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 35 Votes: 45.71% Annoying