Irène NémirovskyOn July 13, 1942, French gendarmes arrested Irne Nmirovsky in southern Burgundy. She was deported to Auschwitz where she died on August 19. Who was this woman, author of more than a dozen popular novels and more than thirty short stories, whose posthumous novel, Suite Franaise, won France's prestigious Renaudot prize in 2004? Born in Russia to wealthy parents, Irne Nmirovsky immigrated to Paris in 1919. Although she was Jewish, she consorted with