Régine Deforges (born on August 15, 1935) is a French author, editor, director, and playwright. August 15 is the 227th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (228th in leap years), with 138 days remaining. ... 1935 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Deforges was born in Montmorillon, Vienne, France. She is sometimes called the "High Priestess of French erotic literature", Deforges was the first woman to own and operate a publishing house in France. Over the years, she has been censored, prosecuted, and heavily fined for publishing "offensive" literature. This article is about the French département. ... Publishing is the activity of putting information in the public arena. ...

One of her novels, La Bicyclette Bleue (The Blue Bicycle), published in 1981, was France's best-selling novel, ever. In 2000, it was made into a television series. A story of love, obsession, and survival set during the turmoil of World War II, it would become a successful series of seven books. 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...

She has also been president of the Societé des Gens de Lettres de France and a member of the Prix Femina jury. The Prix Femina is a French literary prize created in 1904 by 22 writers for the magazine La Vie heureuse (today known as Femina). ...

Deforges lives in Paris. The Eiffel Tower has become the symbol of Paris throughout the world. ...