Born on 12 January 1929 in Tunis, de Buron first worked for the magazine Marie Claire before she began writing novels.^[3] She was the mother of two daughters.^[4]

Her 1958 novel Les Pieds sur le bureau won the Prix Courteline.^[5] She won the prix du Livre de l'été with the novel Qui c'est, ce garçon ? and the Grand Prize for Humor with Arrête ton cinema!.^[6] In the mid-1990s, de Buron left her longtime publisher, Groupe Flammarion, to join Plon.^[7] In 2003, she became the 3rd best-selling French novel writer.^[8] She began operating an agricultural domain in Castelreng, near Limoux in 2014. For this, she won a medal from the Order of Agricultural Merit.^[9]

Most of de Buron's works were autobiographical humorous stories.^[10]^[11] She also often engaged in self-mockery.

De Buron largely wrote the script of the TV show Les Saintes chéries, an adaptation of two of her novels.^[12]^[13] She was also the screenwriter of six comedy films, including Take It From the Top, Erotissimo, and Elle court, elle court la banlieue.^[14] She generally helped with adaptation and dialogue in films based on her novels.^[15]

Nicole de Buron
Born	12 January 1929 Tunis, French Tunisia
Died	11 December 2019(2019-12-11) (aged 90)
Nationality	French
Occupation	Writer

Biography

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Filmography

Television

Theatre

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