Marie-Hélène Lafon
French educator and award-winning writer (born 1962)
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Born | 1962 Aurillac, Cantal, France |
Nationality | French |
Genre | novel, story |
Marie-Hélène Lafon (born 1962) is a French educator and award-winning writer.
She was born in Aurillac in the Cantal department and grew up on the family farm there. She was educated at a religious boarding school in Saint-Flour and, after moving to Paris in 1980, continued her studies at the Sorbonne. She took her agrégation de grammaire in 1987, going on to teach classical literature. Lafon only began writing when she was 34, publishing her first novel Le soir du chien in 2001.[1][2]
Selected works[1]
- Le soir du chien, novel (2001), received the Prix Renaudot young adult[2]
- Liturgie, stories (2002), received the Prix Renaissance de la Nouvelle[3]
- Sur la photo, novel (2003)
- Mo : roman, novel (2005)
- Organes, stories (2006)
- La maison Santoire (2007)
- Les Derniers Indiens, novel (2008)
- L'annonce, novel (2009)
- Gordana, novel (2009)
- Les Pays, novel (2012), received the Globe de Cristal Award[4]
- Album, alphabet book (2012)
- Tensions toniques - les récits de Marie-Hélène Lafon, stories (2012)
- Traversée (2013)
- Joseph (2014)
- Chantiers (2015)
- Histoires (2016), received the Prix Goncourt de la nouvelle
- Nos vies (2017)
- Histoire du fils (2020), received the Prix Renaudot[5]
Legacy
The university library of Letters, Languages and Human Sciences of Clermont Auvergne University was renamed in her name in October 2021.[6]
References
- ^ a b "Marie-Hélène Lafon". Les écrivains / adhérents (in French). Maison des écrivains et de la littérature.
- ^ a b "Marie-Hélène Lafon s'impose". L'Express (in French). 1 September 2009.
- ^ "Marie–Hélène Lafon". Confluences (in French).
- ^ "Marie-Hélène Lafon récompensée aux Globes de cristal". Livres hebdo (in French). 2 May 2013.
- ^ "Le prix Renaudot est attribué à Marie-Hélène Lafon pour Histoire du fils". Le Figaro. 30 November 2020.
- ^ "Une Bibliothèque universitaire rebaptisée Marie-Hélène Lafon". Livres Hebdo (in French). Retrieved 4 January 2022.
External links
- Marie-Hélène Lafon at IMDb
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Laureates of the Prix Renaudot
- 1926: Armand Lunel
- 1927: Bernard Nabonne
- 1928: André Obey
- 1929: Marcel Aymé
- 1930: Germaine Beaumont
- 1931: Philippe Hériat
- 1932: Louis-Ferdinand Céline
- 1933: Charles Braibant
- 1934: Louis Francis
- 1935: François de Roux
- 1936: Louis Aragon
- 1937: Jean Rogissart
- 1938: Pierre Jean Launay
- 1939: Jean Malaquais
- 1940: Jules Roy
- 1941: Paul Mousset
- 1942: Robert Gaillard
- 1943: André Soubiran
- 1944: Roger Peyrefitte
- 1945: Henri Bosco
- 1946: David Rousset
- 1947: Jean Cayrol
- 1948: Pierre Fisson
- 1949: Louis Guilloux
- 1950: Pierre Molaine
- 1951: Robert Margerit
- 1952: Jacques Perry
- 1953: Célia Bertin
- 1954: Jean Reverzy
- 1955: Georges Govy
- 1956: André Perrin
- 1957: Michel Butor
- 1958: Édouard Glissant
- 1959: Albert Palle
- 1960: Alfred Kern
- 1961: Roger Bordier
- 1962: Simone Jacquemard
- 1963: J. M. G. Le Clézio
- 1964: Jean-Pierre Faye
- 1965: Georges Perec
- 1966: José Cabanis
- 1967: Salvat Etchart
- 1968: Yambo Ouologuem
- 1969: Max Olivier-Lacamp
- 1970: Jean Freustié
- 1971: Pierre-Jean Rémy
- 1972: Christopher Frank
- 1973: Suzanne Prou
- 1974: Georges Borgeaud
- 1975: Jean Joubert
- 1976: Michel Henry
- 1977: Alphonse Boudard
- 1978: Conrad Detrez
- 1979: Jean-Marc Roberts
- 1980: Danièle Sallenave
- 1981: Michel del Castillo
- 1982: Georges-Olivier Châteaureynaud
- 1983: Jean-Marie Rouart
- 1984: Annie Ernaux
- 1985: Raphaële Billetdoux
- 1986: Christian Giudicelli
- 1987: René-Jean Clot
- 1988: René Depestre
- 1989: Philippe Doumenc
- 1990: Jean Colombier
- 1991: Dan Franck
- 1992: François Weyergans
- 1993: Nicolas Bréhal
- 1994: Guillaume Le Touze
- 1995: Patrick Besson
- 1996: Boris Schreiber
- 1997: Pascal Bruckner
- 1998: Dominique Bona
- 1999: Daniel Picouly
- 2000: Ahmadou Kourouma
- 2001: Martine Le Coz
- 2002: Gérard de Cortanze
- 2003: Philippe Claudel
- 2004: Irène Némirovsky
- 2005: Nina Bouraoui
- 2006: Alain Mabanckou
- 2007: Daniel Pennac
- 2008: Tierno Monénembo
- 2009: Frédéric Beigbeder
- 2010: Virginie Despentes
- 2011: Emmanuel Carrère
- 2012: Scholastique Mukasonga
- 2013: Yann Moix
- 2014: David Foenkinos
- 2015: Delphine de Vigan
- 2016: Yasmina Reza
- 2017: Olivier Guez
- 2018: Valérie Manteau
- 2019: Sylvain Tesson
- 2020: Marie-Hélène Lafon
- 2021: Amélie Nothomb
- 2022: Simon Liberati