Died Anne Golon — author of novels about Angelique

Died Anne Golon — author of novels about Angelique

At the age of 95 years, from peritonitis, accompanied by serious complications, died a famous French writer Anne Golon — author loved by many historical novels about Angelica («Angelica and the king», «Angelica in anger», «Untamable Angelique»). Death caught up with Golon July 14 in Versailles. This was stated by her daughter Nadine, Goloubinoff.

For your life in collaboration with her husband Serge Golon, Anne Golon (the real name of the writer — Simon Changé) wrote 13 books about Angelique. The first work was published in 1950-ies of the last century in Europe and immediately became bestsellers. A little later some of Golon’s novels have been filmed, which only added to the popularity of her books. And musicals and performances staged on the basis of books Golon and do not count. Latest novel about Angelique was published in 2009. All in all, the world has sold nearly 150 million books writer more than 30 languages. And this is only the official statistics.

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