Florence Delay
Florence Delay | |
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Delay in 2009 | |
| Born | 19 March 1941 |
| Died | 1 July 2025 (aged 84) Paris, France |
| Education | Lycée Jean de La Fontaine Faculté des lettres de Paris University of Paris |
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| Years active | 1960–2025 |
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| Father | Jean Delay |
| Relatives | Claude Delay (sister) |
Florence Delay (French pronunciation: [flɔʁɑ̃s dəlɛ]; 19 March 1941 – 1 July 2025) was a French writer and actress. She was a member of the Académie française from 2000. Delay notably wrote novels, essays and plays (in collaboration with Jacques Roubaud) and translated texts from Spanish.
Delay was also known for portraying Joan of Arc in the 1962 Robert Bresson film The Trial of Joan of Arc.