Edmonde Charles-Roux

Edmonde Charles-Roux (17 April 1920 – 20 January 2016) was a French writer. She was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine.
In 1946, she joined the staff of a magazine being created, a women's weekly: "Elle", where she spent two years. From 1948, she worked for the French edition of "Vogue", becoming the magazine’s editor-in-chief in 1954.
Charles-Roux died on 20 January 2016, in Marseille, France, at the age of 95.