Dominique Aury, a French writer, translator, editor, and journalist who received the Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur. She was born in 1907, abandoned at birth by her mother, and raised by her paternal grandmother. After completing her studies she worked in publishing and translating, where she gained the respect of many prominent French intellectuals. She wrote the novel Story of O, later adapted as Histoire d'O (1975) for Jean Paulhan, a member of the Academie Francaise, thirty years her s ...[Read Story]