Simone Renaud

Simone Renaud was a French writer from Normandy, born Simone Marie Paule Cornière in Saint-Germain-de-Tournebut in 1899 and died in Sainte-Mère-Église in 1988. She is also remembered for her postwar work honoring American soldiers who died in the D-Day invasion, earning her the nickname "Mother of Normandy."