Madeleine Chapsal died overnight in Pouliguen, at the age of 98, her husband announced. She spent her life writing sentimental novels, sometimes five or six a year; almost a hundred in total.
The woman who served for a long time on the Femina jury never received any literary prizes and was ignored by critics. She was first a journalist, notably at L'Express where she participated in the adventure of its creation with her then husband, Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber.