Anne-Mary Gaudin de Lagrange
1902–1943 (age 41)
Biography
Anne-Mary Gaudin de Lagrange, born in 1902, found her voice as a writer who illuminated the inner lives of her contemporaries and explored the tensions between tradition and modernity with lyricism and honesty.
Her death in 1943 cut short a promising career, yet she is still celebrated at cimetière des Jésuites, where visitors may recall her literary contributions and the sensitivity conveyed through her pages.