Anne Golon

Anne Golon was born as Simone Changeux on 17 December 1921 in Toulon, a port in south-eastern France.{{cite web |title=Anne Golon, femme de combat, comme son héroïne Angélique |trans-title=Anne Golon, a woman of combat like her heroine Angélique |url=https://www.lexpress.fr/actualites/1/societe/deces-de-la-romanciere-anne-golon-auteur-de-la-serie-angelique_1927727.html |website=L'Express |access-date=19 February 2021 |language=fr |date=16 July 2017}} She was the daughter of Pierre Changeux, a scientist and a captain in the French Navy. She was interested in painting and writing from early childhood and published her first novel, The Country From Behind My Eyes,Joelle d'Anterne (1943) Au pays de derrière mes yeux, Desclée de Brouwer, Paris {{oclc|729900701}} when she was 18 under the pen name Joëlle Danterne. During World War II, she travelled via bicycle through France to Spain. She wrote using different pen names, helped create France Magazine, and was awarded a literary prize for The Patrol of the Saint Innocents.Anne Golon (1947) La Patrouille des saints-innocents, Alsatia, Paris {{oclc|491557649}}

She was sent to Africa as a journalist, where, in 1947, she met her future husband, Vsevolod Sergeïvich Goloubinoff, better known as Serge Golon. They collaborated on Angélique: Marquise of the Angels (1956),Anne Golon; Serge Golon (1956) Angélique, marquise des anges, J'ai lu, Paris {{ISBN|978-2-27722-488-4}} the first installment in the Angélique series. The novel was an overnight success. When originally published in France, the Angélique novels were credited to both Anne and Serge Golon – Anne being the author and Serge having done much of the historical research. The two names were later combined as "Sergeanne Golon" by British publishers when the series was translated into English.

The popularity of the Angélique novels led to a series of five feature films directed by Bernard Borderie in the 1960s. The actress Michèle Mercier played Angélique, and Robert Hossein played her husband, Joffrey de Peyrac.{{cite web |last1=Van Hoeij |first1=Boyd |title=Angelique: Marquise des Anges: Film Review |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/angelique-marquise-des-anges-film-667430 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=19 February 2021 |language=en |date=25 December 2013}}

In 1972, Anne and Serge travelled to Canada to research a new Angélique novel. That year, as Anne wrote Angélique and the Ghosts, Serge died.

Anne carried on writing and brought up her four children at the same time. Between Serge's death in 1972 and 1985, Anne wrote four more volumes, beginning with the second half of Ghosts (published in France as a single volume, Angélique in Quebec) and proceeding through {{lang|fr|La Victoire d'Angélique}}.

By the 1990s, Anne was reduced to a state close to poverty and filed a lawsuit against the French publisher Hachette for abuse of copyright and unpaid royalties. In 2006, after a legal battle lasting nearly a decade, she reached an agreement which left her the sole owner of the Angélique series.

On 14 July 2017, she died from peritonitis in Versailles, France.{{cite web |title=La romancière Anne Golon, auteure de la série « Angélique », est morte |trans-title=The novelist Anne Golon, author of the series Angélique, has died |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2017/07/16/la-romanciere-anne-golon-auteure-de-la-serie-angelique-est-morte_5161140_3382.html? |website=Le Monde |access-date=19 February 2021 |language=fr |date=16 July 2017}}{{cite web |title=Anne Golon, auteure de la célèbre série littéraire Angélique, est morte |trans-title=Anne Golon, author of the famous literary series Angélique, has died |url=https://www.bfmtv.com/culture/anne-golon-auteure-de-la-celebre-serie-litteraire-angelique-est-morte_AN-201707160002.html |website=BFM TV |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801113116/https://www.bfmtv.com/culture/anne-golon-auteure-de-la-celebre-serie-litteraire-angelique-est-morte_AN-201707160002.html |archive-date=1 August 2020 |language=fr |date=16 July 2017 |url-status=live}}

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• Angélique: Marquise of the Angels ({{lang|fr|Angélique, marquise des anges}}, 1957){{efn|name=combined|The first two novels were originally published in France as a single 800-plus page volume titled Angélique.{{cite web |title=Angélique: Marquise of the Angels |url=https://www.worldofangelique.com/mota.htm |website=World of Angélique |date=14 November 2018 |access-date=19 February 2021 |language=en |quote=Angélique: Marquise of the Angels was originally published in 1957 as part of a larger 800-plus page volume that also included book two, Angélique: The Road to Versailles. However, in the UK and other countries these books were split into two smaller (but still substantial) volumes.}}}}
• Angélique: The Road to Versailles ({{lang|fr|Angélique : le Chemin de Versailles}}, 1958){{efn|name=combined}}
• Angélique and the King ({{lang|fr|Angélique et le Roy}}, 1959)
• Angélique and the Sultan ({{lang|fr|Indomptable Angélique}}, 1960){{efn|Literally translated as "Indomitable Angélique" or "Untamable Angélique". Also published in English as Angélique in Barbary.{{cite book |title=Angélique in Barbary |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/762501763 |via=WorldCat |oclc=762501763 |access-date=19 February 2021 |language=en |quote=Translation of: Indomptable Angélique. Published in England under the title: Angélique and the Sultan.}}}}
• Angélique in Revolt ({{lang|fr|Angélique se révolte}}, 1961)
• Angélique in Love ({{lang|fr|Angélique et son amour}}, 1961)
• The Countess Angélique ({{lang|fr|Angélique et le Nouveau Monde}}, 1964){{efn|Literally translated as "Angélique and the New World".}}
• The Temptation of Angélique ({{lang|fr|La Tentation d'Angélique}}, 1966){{efn|Published in Canada as The Temptation of Angélique 1: The Jesuit Trap and The Temptation of Angélique 2: The Downfall of Goldbeard.}}
• Angélique and the Demon ({{lang|fr|Angélique et la Démone}}, 1972)
• Angélique and the Ghosts ({{lang|fr|Angélique et le Complot des Ombres}}, 1976){{efn|Literally translated as "Angélique and the Conspiracy of Shadows".}}
• {{lang|fr|Angélique à Québec}} (1980)
• {{lang|fr|Angélique, la Route de l'Espoir}} (1984)
• {{lang|fr|La Victoire d'Angélique}} (1985)

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• [https://www.worldofangelique.com/ The official website for the Angélique series]
• [https://medias.unifrance.org/medias/183/200/116919/presse/angelique-2013-press-kit-english-2.pdf A 2013 press kit featuring an interview with Anne Golon]
• [https://www.bfmtv.com/tech/quand-angelique-marquise-des-anges-vire-au-reglement-de-comptes_AN-201808040048.html A 2018 article from BFM TV documenting Anne Golon's legal battle with Hachette] {{in lang|fr}}

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