Françoise Moréchand

Françoise Moréchand (born March 29, 1936) is a French TV personality in Japan and an author. Moréchand was one of the first foreigners to appear as foreign tarento on Japanese TV in 1964.[1]

Françoise Moréchand
Francoise Morechand in 2017.
Born
Françoise Moréchand

(1936-03-29) March 29, 1936
Paris, France
Other namesフランソワーズ・モレシャン in Japanese
Occupationblogfashion, writer
Years active1964-present
Known forMorechand Kimono, NHK TV appearances
Spouse(s)Tatsuji Nagataki (m. 1974–present)
Children1

Early life and education

Moréchand's father was an engineer at a steel factory and her mother was a French instructor at the École des Beaux-Arts.[1] During World War II, the family moved from Paris to Toulouse. They returned to Paris just before the liberation of Paris in August 1944. After graduating from the Collège Sévigné in Japanese and Eastern Languages, Moréchand wanted to become a Chinese or Russian interpreter. Instead she went to Tokyo in 1958 with her first husband Guy Moréchand, an anthropologist.[1] She is the mother of Agata Moréchand.

Her father Jean Marie was an engineer diplomed from École Nationale des Arts et Métiers, promotion Paris 1914.

Career

In 1964 for the Tokyo Olympics, she worked for NHK television. In 1974, Chanel entrusted her with the management of its cosmetics division in Japan. During this period of time, she met her current husband, Tatsuji Nagataki, an author and an authority on French culture and arts. Moréchand became a Japanese television star, a fashion specialist, an author, and a professor of comparative cultures at Kyoritsu University. She is a consultant and lecturer at the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa.[2]

She also works as an adviser for French Foreign Trade.[1]

Publications

As of 2019, Moréchand has authored 33 works, published variously in Japanese, French, and Chinese, which are held in 65 libraries internationally, including the National Diet Library, Harvard College Library, the New York Public Library System, the University of Chicago Library, and the Université Charles de Gaulle.[3] Her most widely held book is La Gaïjine,[3] and Le chic, c'est chic has sold over a million copies.[4]

Selected books
  • Moréchand, Françoise. 1976. Le chic, c'est chic.
  • Moréchand, Françoise. 1978. Eregansutte nani.
  • Moréchand, Françoise. 1984. Ii onna wa ryōri ga wakaru: Parijennu wa kuishinbō. Tōkyō: KK Besuto Serāzu
  • Morechand, Francoise. 1987. Furansuryū kaji no tanoshimikata. Tōkyō: Besutoserāzu.
  • Moréchand-Nagataki, Françoise, and Carol-Anne De Carolis. 1990. La Gaïjine. Paris: R. Laffont.
  • Moréchand, Françoise. 1996. Moreshan no gekijo nikki.

Awards

In 2009, Moréchand was awarded the Legion of Honour from France. In 2014, the French ambassador to Japan presented her with the insignia of Commander in the National Order of Merit, for "devoting herself for fifty years to communicate with the Japanese and the French in order to discover the riches of each of these cultures".[4][5]

References
  1. Janette, Misha (3 April 2011). "Japan's 'La Gaijine'". Japan Times Online. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  2. "Conference Mardi 22 mai 2018 Par Françoise Moréchand (Tuesday, May 22, 2018, Conference with Françoise Moréchand)". UFE-Japan. 2018-04-11. Retrieved 2019-03-28.
  3. "Morechand, Francoise". OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. 2019. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  4. "Remise de l'Ordre national du Mérite à Mme Françoise Moréchand (Presentation of the National Order of Merit to Mrs. Françoise Moréchand)". Embassy of France in Tokyo (in French). Retrieved 2019-03-28.
  5. "フランソワーズ・モレシャン氏が国家功労勲章コマンドゥールを受章" (Press release). 在日フランス大使館. 2009-04-22. Archived from the original on 2010-06-13. Retrieved 2010-01-05.
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