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Chloé Delaume

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Chloé Delaume

Aliases: Nathalie Dalain

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1973
Nationality
France
Languages
French
Residence History
Beirut → Paris

Career

Occupations
novelist, editor, performer, musician, singer
Active Years
1998-
Affiliations
éditions du Seuil, Villa Médicis
Influenced By
Boris Vian, Antonin Artaud, Pierre Guyotat, Christine Angot, Marguerite Duras

Education

Université Paris Nanterre
Modern Literature
Degree: 修士課程
Country: France
Unfinished thesis on Pataphysics in the works of Boris Vian

Awards

Prix Décembre
2001
Work: Le Cri du sablier
Organization: Prix Décembre
Result: winner
Prix Médicis
2020
Work: Le Cœur synthétique
Organization: Prix Médicis
Result: winner
Chevalier of Arts and Letters
2010
Organization: French Ministry of Culture
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Le Cœur synthétique

2020 novel

A parody of a romantic comedy addressing the invisibility of women approaching 50 and their obsolescence in the love market.

feminismautofiction

Le Cri du sablier

2001 novel

Autofictional trilogy's second part, depicting paternal influence like a sandstorm.

autofictionfamily

Les Mouflettes d'Atropos

2000 novel

First novel.

experimental literature

Bibliography

  • Les Mouflettes d'Atropos
  • Le Cri du sablier
  • La Vanité des Somnambules
  • Dans ma maison sous terre
  • Le Cœur synthétique

Style & Themes

Literary Style
experimental literaturepoetic and formal explorationautofiction
Recurring Motifs
autofictiontechnology and digitalbio-powerfeminismpolitics of self-revolution

Legacy

Known for experimental literature and autofiction, winner of Prix Médicis and Prix Décembre. Works often themed on feminism.

Trivia

  • Niece of Georges Ibrahim Abdallah.
  • Former sex worker.