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Christine Angot

クリスティーヌ・アンジョ

Kurisutīnu Anjo

Aliases: Christine Pierrette Jeanne Marie-Clotilde Schwartz

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1959-02-07 (Châteauroux)
Nationality
フランス, French
Languages
French
Residence History
Châteauroux

Career

Occupations
Novelist, Playwright, Screenwriter
Active Years
1990-2024

Awards

Prix Médicis
2021
Work: Le Voyage dans l'Est
Result: 受賞
Prix Sade
2012
Work: Une semaine de vacances
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

L'Inceste

1999 Novel

A novel recounting an incestuous relationship with her father.

IncestAutofiction
Translations
  • Incest (trans. Tess Lewis)

Bibliography

  • Vu du ciel
  • Not to be
  • Léonore, toujours
  • L'Inceste
  • Le Voyage dans l'Est

Style & Themes

Literary Style
AutofictionPerformative
Recurring Motifs
IncestTaboo

Legacy

French novelist known as the queen of autofiction, noted for works dealing with incest and societal taboos.

In Popular Culture

  • Screenplays for Claire Denis films

Trivia

  • Born with her mother's surname Schwartz.