Marie-Hélène Lafon (born 1962) is a French educator and award-winning writer.
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| Born | 1962 Aurillac, Cantal, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Genre | novel, story |
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]
- 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
editThe university library of Letters, Languages and Human Sciences of Clermont Auvergne University was renamed in her name in October 2021.[6]
References
edit- ^ 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.