Elsa Triolet was born on September 12, 1896 in Moscow, Russian Empire [now Russia] as Ella Yurevna Kagan. She was a writer, known for Normandie - Niémen (1960), Roses à crédit (2010) and Les amants d'Avignon (1975). She was married to Louis Aragon. She died on June 16, 1970 in Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines, Yvelines, France.