Dominique Schneidre

Dominique Schneidre (born Dominique Schneider; July 8, 1942) is a French novelist.

Dominique Schneider
Born	Dominique Schneider July 8, 1942 (1942-07-08) (age 83)
Occupation	Novelist
Parent(s)	Charles Schneider Lilian Constantini
Relatives	Eugène Schneider (paternal great-great-grandfather) Adolphe Schneider (paternal great-great-granduncle) Henri Schneider (paternal great-grandfather) Eugène Schneider, II (paternal grandfather) Jean Schneider (paternal uncle) Jules Guesde (maternal great-grandfather)

Early life

Dominique Schneidre was born on July 8, 1942.^[1] Her father, Charles Schneider, was a businessman. Her mother, Lilian Constantini, was an actress. Her sister, Catherine Schneider, is a former wife of director Roger Vadim.^[2][3]

Her paternal grandfather, Eugène Schneider, II, was a businessman, banker and politician. Her paternal great-grandfather, Henri Schneider, was a businessman. Her paternal great-great-grandfather, Eugène Schneider, was the co-founder, with her paternal great-great-granduncle Adolphe Schneider, of Schneider-Creusot in 1836. The company became known as Schneider Electric in 1999.

Her maternal great-grandfather, Jules Guesde, was a journalist and Socialist politician.^[4]

Career

Schneider started her career as a psychoanalyst.^[1] She is a novelist.^[5] She has written seven novels. She has also co-written a children's book and a biography about her family.

Schneider was the recipient of the Prix Anna de Noailles from the Académie française in 2002 for Fortune de mère.^[5]

Her 2014 novel, Avons-nous assez navigué, is about an elderly woman who goes to the Palais Garnier to see Eugene Onegin.^[6][7] There, she meets an old lover, Antoine, and tries to rekindle their romance.^[6][7]

Personal life

She lives in an apartment overlooking the Jardin du Luxembourg in the 6th arrondissement of Paris.^[4]

Bibliography

Novels

• Atteinte à la mémoire des morts (Paris: Éditions Robert Laffont, 1987, 301 pages).
• Les Chagrins d'éternité (Paris: Éditions Robert Laffont, 1988, 187 pages).
• La Capitane (Paris: Éditions du Seuil, 1990, 282 pages).
• Gratin (Paris: Éditions JC Lattès, 1993, 175 pages).
• Le Corps principal (Paris: Éditions Albin Michel, 1997, 313 pages).
• Fortune de mère (Paris, Éditions Fayard, 2001, 359 pages).pages).
• Avons-nous assez navigué (Paris: Éditions JC Lattès, 2014, 200 pages).

Children's book

• Les Secrets d’Illan illustrés par Cézanne (with Lucien Chaminade; Paris: Réunion des Musées Nationaux/Éditions Calmann-Lévy, 1995, 26 pages).

Biography

• Les Schneider, Le Creusot : une famille, une entreprise, une ville : 1836-1960 (with Caroline Mathieu, Bernard Clément; Paris: Réunion des Musées Nationaux/Éditions Fayard, Le Creusot, Écomusée, 1995, 366 pages).