Christiane Collange

Christiane Collange (29 October 1930 – 24 October 2023) was a French journalist and author.

Christiane Collange
Christiane Collange in 2011
Born	Christiane Servan-Schreiber (1930-10-29)29 October 1930 Paris, France
Died	24 October 2023(2023-10-24) (aged 92) Saint-Valery-en-Caux, Seine-Maritime, France
Alma mater	Sciences Po
Occupation	Journalist
Spouse	3, including Jean Ferniot
Children	Vincent Ferniot
Parent(s)	Émile Servan-Schreiber Denise Brésard
Relatives	Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber (brother) Jean-Louis Servan-Schreiber (brother) Brigitte Gros (sister) Fabienne Servan-Schreiber (niece)

Early life

Christiane Collange was born as Christiane Servan-Schreiber on 29 October 1930.^[1] Her father, Émile Servan-Schreiber, was a Jewish journalist and author.^[2] Her mother, Denise Brésard, was Roman Catholic. Her paternal father, Joseph Schreiber, was a Jewish-Prussian immigrant.^[2] She had two brothers, Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber and Jean-Louis Servan-Schreiber, and two sisters, Brigitte Gros and Bernadette Gradis.^[2] The Servan-Schreiber family (up to 200 members) have a family reunion every five years.^[2]

Collange graduated from Sciences Po.^[3]

Career

Collange was a journalist. She was the editor of Madame Express, a supplement of L'Express.^[4] She became the editor-in-chief of Le Jardin des Modes in 1970.^[5]

Collange was the author of many books. In her first book, Madame et le management, published in 1969, she argued that women should run their households like a business.^[6]

Collange served on the honorary committee of the Association pour le droit de mourir dans la dignité, a pro-euthanasia organization.^[7]

Personal life

Collange married and divorced three times.^[8] With one of her husbands, journalist and author Jean Ferniot, she had a son, Vincent Ferniot.^[9] She died on 24 October 2023, at the age of 92, five days shy of her 93rd birthday.^[10]

Works

• Collange, Christiane (1969). Madame et le management. Paris: Tchou. OCLC 2945519.
• Collange, Christiane (1972). Madame et le bonheur. Paris: Robert Laffont. OCLC 683281.
• Collange, Christiane (1978). Je veux rentrer à la maison. Paris: Club français du livre. OCLC 461703622.
• Collange, Christiane (1981). Ça va les hommes ?. Paris: Bernard Grasset. ISBN 9782246254317. OCLC 7969540.
• Collange, Christiane (1983). Le divorce-boom. Paris: Fayard. ISBN 9782213012506. OCLC 10183380.
• Collange, Christiane (1985). Moi, ta mere. Paris: Fayard. ISBN 9782213015231. OCLC 299390276.
• Collange, Christiane (1987). Chers enfants. Paris: Fayard. ISBN 9782213018713. OCLC 19812340.
• Collange, Christiane (1989). Nos sous. Paris: Fayard. ISBN 9782213021782. OCLC 20332957.
• Collange, Christiane (1990). Moi, ta fille. Paris: Fayard. ISBN 9782213024622. OCLC 22994280.
• Collange, Christiane (1992). Dessine-moi une famille. Paris: Fayard. ISBN 9782213027227. OCLC 299436661.
• Collange, Christiane (1993). La politesse du cœur. Paris: Stock. ISBN 9782234026117. OCLC 414971604.
• Collange, Christiane; Gallois, Claire (1994). La grosse et la maigre. Paris: Albin Michel. ISBN 9782226069627. OCLC 32920599.
• Collange, Christiane (1997). Toi mon senior. Paris: Fayard. ISBN 9782213598444. OCLC 300103714.
• Collange, Christiane (1998). Merci, mon siècle. Paris: Fayard. ISBN 9782213600567. OCLC 299884177.
• Collange, Christiane (2001). Nous, les belles-mères. Paris: Fayard. ISBN 9782213608549. OCLC 299641909.
• Collange, Christiane (2005). La deuxième vie des femmes. Paris: Robert Laffont. ISBN 9782221103005. OCLC 300271823.
• Collange, Christiane (2007). Sacrées grands-mères!. Paris: Robert Laffont. ISBN 9782221106853. OCLC 319901620.
• Collange, Christiane (2009). Pitié pour vos rides : enquête vérité sur le monde de l'esthétique. Paris: Robert Laffont. ISBN 9782221111239. OCLC 718261870.
• Collange, Christiane (2011). Le jeu des 7 familles : pour une cohabitation harmonieuse entre les générations. Paris: Robert Laffont. ISBN 9782221116784. OCLC 706016640.