Geneviève Dormann

Geneviève Dormann (24 September 1933 – 13 February 2015) was a French journalist and novelist.

The daughter of politician Maurice Dormann, she was born in Paris. Dormann worked as a journalist for the magazine Marie Claire and for the newspaper Le Figaro. In 1957, she published her first book La Première pierre, a collection of stories. She was awarded the Prix des Quatre-Jurys in 1971 for Je t'apporterai des orages and the Prix des Deux Magots for her 1974 novel Le Bateau du courrier.

In 1981, Dormann received the Grand Prix de la ville de Paris for her work. The following year, Le Roman de Sophie Trébuchet, about Victor Hugo's mother, received the prix Kléber Haedens.