Catherine Rihoit

Who is Catherine Rihoit?

Catherine Rihoit is a French woman of letters.

Portrait de Gabriel, her first novel appeared in 1977. In 1979, she received the Prix des Deux Magots for Le bal des débutantes. Her 1982 novel, La Nuit de Varennes ou l'Impossible n'est pas français was made into a film, That Night in Varennes, the same year.

She has written several biographies - of Thérèse of Lisieux, of Brigitte Bardot, of Dalida, and of Bernadette Soubirous.