Raymonde Vincent

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Raymonde Vincent (23 September 1908 – 5 January 1985) was a French writer from the Berry region. She was born on a farm near Luant in Indre and had little formal schooling. At 17 she moved to Paris, worked in shops, and modeled for artists like Giacometti. She loved music and literature and joined Paris literary circles.

In 1929 she married Swiss scholar Albert Béguin. During World War II they helped with the French Resistance. Her best-known book is Campagne (1937), a memory of her peasant childhood, which won the Prix Femina. She also wrote Blanche (1939), Elisabeth (1943) and later works, but Campagne remained her most famous.

After the war, she and Béguin divorced. In 1957, when he was dying in Italy, she went to say goodbye. She then moved back to Indre, living in Saint-Chartier until her death in 1985 at age 76.