Béatrix Beck | |
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Born |
Villars-sur-Ollon, Switzerland |
14 July 1914
Died | 30 November 2008 Saint-Clair-sur-Epte, France |
(aged 94)
Nationality | France Belgium |
Occupation | writer |
Béatrix Beck (14 July 1914 – 30 November 2008) was a French writer of Belgian origin.
She was born at Villars-sur-Ollon, Switzerland, the daughter of the poet Christian Beck. After several jobs, she became the secretary of André Gide who encouraged her to write about her experiences: her mother's suicide, the war, her poverty, etc. Beck died in Saint-Clair-sur-Epte in 2008.