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Irène was born 12 September 1897 in her parents' home, 24 rue de la Glacière in Paris (13th arrondissement), France[1]. She is the daughter of Nobel Prize winning physicists Pierre Curie and Marie Skłodowska.
Irène married Frédéric Joliot on 9 October 1926 in Paris (4th arrondissement)[2].In 1935 Irène and her husband Frédéric Joliot-Curie won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their discovery of artificial radiation.
Irène died on 17 March 1956 in the Curie hospital, 12 rue Lhomond in Paris (5th arrondissement)[3], of leukaemia probably caused by exposure to radioactive materials.
Voici les titres d'Irène Joliot-Curie tels qu'ils sont énumérés sur son acte de décès: Professeur à la Faculté des Sciences de Paris, Directrice de l'Institut du Radium, Membre du conseil national de la Recherche Scientifique, ancuen sous-secrétaire d'Etat à la Recherche Scientifique, ancien Commissaire à l'Energie Atomique, Prix Nobel, Officier de la Légion d'honneur[3].
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