Nadine Monfils (born 12 February 1953) is a Belgian writer and film director and producer.[1]

Nadine Monfils
Nadine Monfils, 2018
Born (1953-02-12) 12 February 1953 (age 71)
Etterbeek, Belgium
NationalityBelgian
Occupation(s)Writer, film director, producer

She was born in Etterbeek.[1] She has contributed to the magazines Père Ubu [fr], Tel Quel and Focus. Monfils published her first collection of stories Laura Colombe, Contes pour petites filles perverse in 1981.[2] She has written a series of detective novels centred on the character Inspector Léon, a policeman who knits; Léon also appears[1] in her 2004 film Madame Édouard.[3]

She has taught screenwriting at the Parallax school for comedians[1] and the Université Européenne d’Ecriture in Brussels and also in a number of prisons in France. Monflils lives in Montmartre.[2]

Selected works[1][3]

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  • Un Noël de chien, short film (2000)
  • Madame Édouard, film (2004)
  • La petite fêlée aux allumettes, novel (2012)
  • Les vacances d’un serial killer, novel (2012)
  • La Vieille qui voulait tuer le bon dieu, novel (2013)
  • Mémé goes to Hollywood, novel (2014)

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Nadine Monfils" (in French). Radio France.
  2. ^ a b "The Red Dress". Weird Fiction Review. June 20, 2014.
  3. ^ a b Mercier, Jacques (2006). Belges en France (in French). p. 306. ISBN 2873864788.
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