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Françoise Sagan

Born

in Carjoc, France

June 21, 1935

Died

September 24, 2004

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Romance, Philosophy

Influences

Marcel Proust, Francis Scott Fitzgerald, Stendhal, Jean Cocteau, Rimba ...more

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Born Françoise Quoirez, Sagan grew up in a French Catholic, bourgeois family. She was an independent thinker and avid reader as a young girl, and upon failing her examinations for continuing at the Sorbonne, she became a writer.

She went to her family's home in the south of France and wrote her first novel, Bonjour Tristesse, at age 18. She submitted it to Editions Juillard in January 1954 and it was published that March. Later that year, She won the Prix des Critiques for Bonjour Tristesse.

She chose "Sagan" as her pen name because she liked the sound of it and also liked the reference to the Prince and Princesse de Sagan, 19th century Parisians, who are said to be the basis of some of Marcel Proust's characters.

She was known for her love ...more

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Average rating: 3.74 · 124,605 ratings · 13,051 reviews · 188 distinct works • Similar authors

	Bonjour tristesse 3.74 avg rating — 83,061 ratings — published 1954 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bonjour Tristesse / A Certain Smile 4.01 avg rating — 8,208 ratings — published 1956 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Certain Smile 3.75 avg rating — 8,556 ratings — published 1955	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Aimez-vous Brahms... 3.73 avg rating — 5,873 ratings — published 1959 — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sunlight on Cold Water by Françoise Sagan, Joanna Kilmartin (Translator) 3.80 avg rating — 2,301 ratings — published 1969 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	That Mad Ache by Françoise Sagan, Douglas R. Hofstadter (Translator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,813 ratings — published 1965 — 98 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dans un mois, dans un an 3.25 avg rating — 1,656 ratings — published 1957 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wonderful Clouds 3.50 avg rating — 1,470 ratings — published 1960 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Heart-Keeper 3.61 avg rating — 1,031 ratings — published 1968 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Des bleus à l'âme 3.63 avg rating — 976 ratings — published 1972 — 79 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Françoise Sagan (?)

“Money may not buy happiness, but I'd rather cry in a Jaguar than on a bus.”
― Françoise Sagan

tags: cars, happiness, humor, money

565 likes

“Love lasts about seven years. That's how long it takes for the cells of the body to totally replace themselves.”
― Francois Sagan

tags: love, relationships

312 likes

“I have loved to the point of madness; that which is called madness, that which to me, is the only sensible way to love.”
― Françoise Sagan

tags: love

290 likes

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Polls

August 2026 New School Classics Poll

The Periodic Table by Primo Levi 1975, 233 pgs

32 votes, 21.1%

Jaws by Peter Benchley 1974, 368 pgs

30 votes, 19.7%

Bonjour tristesse by Françoise Sagan 1954, 130 pgs

27 votes, 17.8%

Decline and Fall by Evelyn Waugh 1928, 300 pgs

21 votes, 13.8%

Mules and Men by Zora Neale Hurston 1935, 341 pgs

18 votes, 11.8%

A House for Mr Biswas by V.S. Naipaul 1961, 623 pgs

14 votes, 9.2%

No Great Mischief by Alistair MacLeod 1999, 304 pgs

10 votes, 6.6%

152 total votes

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