Biography

Florence Delay (French pronunciation: [flɔʁɑ̃s dəlɛ]; March 19, 1941 – July 1, 2025) was a French writer and actress. She was a member of the Académie française from 2000. Delay notably wrote novels, essays and plays (in collaboration with Jacques Roubaud) and translated texts from Spanish. Delay was also known for portraying Joan of Arc in the 1962 Robert Bresson film The Trial of Joan of Arc