Anne Huré

Huré was a self-described conservative. She was quoted as describing herself as "an ardent, extremely right-wing monarchist." Her works often thematically explore Catholic theology. She saw herself as influenced by 18th-century Catholic thought, particularly the work of Nicolas Malebranche. She also had a particular interest in the writings of Plato and Dionysius the Areopagite.

Following this publication and her arrest in 1971, there is no further public record of Anne Huré.

After the ongoing controversy surrounding the author, Julliard did not publish her other works. Plon published her other writings beginning with Le péché sans merci ("The Unforgivable Sin") in 1964 up to a collection of short stories, Tendresses d'été ("Summer Tenderness"), published in 1968.

In 1963, 1965, 1969, and 1971 she was arrested for fraud, theft, check forgery, and other petty crimes.

In 1963, Julliard published Anne Huré's autobiographical novel En prison ("In Prison").

In 1962, Huré published Entretiens avec Monsieur Renan, a novelistic meditation on Christian morality.

She was released from prison on February 20, 1961. In January 1962, her first novel, Les Deux moniales (The Two Nuns), was published to critical and commercial success. It was selected for consideration by the Prix Goncourt jury. However, before the jury made its decision, Huré was arrested in Paris, on May 10, 1962, after she was recognized by one Madame Dupeyroux of Toulouse following an appearance on the literary television program Lectures pour tous. Madame Dupeyroux alleged that Huré had attempted to steal her jewelry from her hotel room in January 1961. A few weeks later, on July 27, in Toulouse, Anne Huré was found guilty of attempted theft. She was sentenced to two months in prison and a 1,000-franc fine.

Huré was frequently in trouble with the police, a situation that would cause controversy during her career as a writer. In 1954, she was sentenced by the court to seven years' incarceration and was barred from visiting Paris for life for theft and falsification of a check. Huré spent her time in prison working on five novels, all of which were set to be published by the publishing house Julliard.

Anne Huré (born Françoise-Anne Huré; October 25, 1918 - presumed dead) was a French writer who authored eight novels, the first of which, Les Deux moniales ("The Two Nuns"), was considered for the prestigious Prix Goncourt in 1962.

Anne Huré was born in Paris on October 25, 1918. She studied theology, including classical Greek and Latin, at a Benedictine abbey in Leuven, Belgium, for three years. This time at the monastery she would go on to describe in multiple instances as "unhappy ... but useful and informative".