Paule du Bouchet (born 19 April 1951) is a French writer, novelist and author of several books for youth.

[1] Paule du Bouchet was born on 19 April 1951, daughter of André du Bouchet and Tina Jolas [fr], Tina left the poet André and 6-year-old Paule for another poet René Char in 1957.

She has been a journalist of the French magazine Okapi [fr] (Bayard Presse) from 1978 to 1985.

She has written many novels, including Chante, Luna [fr] in 2004, Le journal d’Adèle in 2007, À la vie à la mort, Comme un ours en cage, et cetera.

[6] At an interview with Le Monde de l'éducation, Paule shared her thoughts on youth literature: “Writing for teenagers involves two constraints that on the one hand, a simple expression, a clear writing style, direct without being simplistic; on the other hand, the expression of big questions, profound and existential ones that accompany adolescence and guide us as a lantern in the night –even if we are not aware of it later– in our whole life.”[7]