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Camille Laurens

カミーユ・ローランス

Kamyū Rōransu

Aliases: Laurence Ruel
Pen Names: Laurence Ruelreal name

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1957-11-06 (Dijon)
Nationality
フランス, French
Languages
フランス語, French
Residence History
Dijon → Rouen, Normandy → Morocco (12 years) → Paris (Sciences Po since 2011)

Career

Occupations
writer, teacher
Active Years
1991-
Affiliations
Académie Goncourt, Prix Femina jury (2007-2019)
Memberships
Académie Goncourt (since 2020)
Nominations
2006 Prix Goncourt first selection (Ni toi ni moi)

Awards

Prix Femina
2000
Work: Dans ces bras-là
Result: winner
Prix Renaudot des lycéens
2000
Work: Dans ces bras-là
Result: winner
Prix Bourgogne de littérature
2008
Work: Tissé par mille
Result: winner
Prix du Roman-News
2016
Work: Celle que vous croyez
Result: winner
Prix David de l'expertise
2018
Work: La Petite Danseuse de 14 ans
Result: winner
Prix Ève-Delacroix
2018
Work: La Petite Danseuse de 14 ans
Organization: Académie Française
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Dans ces bras-là

2000 autofiction

A mother's grief over the death of her child.

lossmotherhoodgrief
Translations
  • In his arms (English)

Celle que vous croyez

2016 novel

Story of a middle-aged woman pretending to be young online.

identityloveaging
Translations
  • Who You Assume I Am (English)

La Petite Danseuse de quatorze ans

2017 essay

Reconstruction of the life of Degas's model Marie van Goethem.

artwomenhistory
Translations
  • Little Dancer Aged Fourteen (English)

Bibliography

  • Index (1991)
  • Romance (1992)
  • Les Travaux d’Hercule (1994)
  • Philippe (1995)
  • L’Avenir (1998)
  • Dans ces bras-là (2000)
  • Ni toi ni moi (2006)
  • Romance nerveuse (2010)
  • Celle que vous croyez (2016)
  • La Petite Danseuse de quatorze ans (2017)
  • Fille (2020)

Translations of Works

  • In his arms (Ian Monk trans., English, 2004)
  • Who you think I am (English, 2017)
  • Little Dancer Aged Fourteen (English, 2018)
  • Girl (Adriana Hunter trans., English, 2022)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
autofictionintrospectiveexploration of fiction vs. reality
Recurring Motifs
relationship between self and othersdesireloss and grief

Health

  • death of a child
    1994年
    Inspired shift to autofiction in her works

Legacy

Prominent French writer known for pioneering autofiction, member of Académie Goncourt, Prix Femina winner.

In Popular Culture

  • Gained attention from 2021 Goncourt prize controversy

Trivia

  • Lost a child in 1994, profoundly influencing her work.
  • Elected to Académie Goncourt in 2020.
  • Involved in conflict of interest controversy in 2021 Goncourt selection for partner's book.