Francoise Sagan
"Money may not buy happiness but I'd rather cry in a Jaguar than on a bus” 1955, Françoise Sagan was 19 years old. Tiny, tender and shorthaired (“boyish” by those times standard) she has just published her first novel; “Bonjour tristesse”, an instant success.
She had plenty of money after her debut and though born wealthy, this was self-made money! Everybody wanted to talk to her... touch her... be with her and life was a party! The first thing Sagan bought for her writer-income (disregarding whisky, jeans, espadrillos and furs) was a black Jaguar XK 120 which she drove barefoot and hard – just like her other cars. She drove through night and dawn, a charming little monster in her big black machine.
Sagan was the icon the younger generation needed. An intellectual they could call their own, someone who wasn't concerned about the second world war, someone who didn't look back, someone who didn't discuss guilt or victims... Someone who didn't care!
Despite her provocative and today highly illegal way to drive, Sagan didn't die behind the wheel. She died poor and forgotten at the age of 69. Luckily however, her written words resurrected shortly after her death. In 2008 her life was portrayed on the silver screen. The movie called “Bonjour Sagan” made the charming little monster famous all over again.
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