Prix Femina
1 appearances
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Edition 64 (1967) Winner
Claire Etcherelli
くれーる・えっしぇれっり
Kureeru Etcherelli
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1934-01-11 （Bordeaux）
- Died
- 2023-03-05 age 89
- Nationality
- French
- Languages
- French
- Residence History
- Bordeaux → Paris
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, editorial secretary, car assembly plant worker, ball-bearing factory worker, tourist agency employee
- Active Years
- 1967-2023
- Affiliations
- Les Temps modernes
- Influenced By
- Honoré de Balzac
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | — | Unknown | Baccalauréat | — | France |
Unknown
Unknown
Degree:
Baccalauréat
Country:
France
Education financed by the government, earned Baccalauréat
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Prix Femina | Elise or the Real Life | — | Prix Femina jury | winner |
Prix Femina
1967
Work:
Elise or the Real Life
Organization:
Prix Femina jury
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Elise or the Real Life
1967 NovelSet in 1950s Paris, revolves around the relationship between an Algerian automobile worker and a white French woman, dealing with poverty, exploitation, and social marginalization.
povertyexploitationsocial marginalizationworking-class women
Adaptations
- [Film] Elise, or Real Life / Michel Drach (1970)
A Propos de Clémence
1971 NovelAbout the difficulty of knowing oneself and the impossibility of knowing another person.
self-knowledgeinterpersonal relationships
Un Arbre voyageur
1978 NovelFocuses on two women attempting to start an unconventional family without a patriarch, based on trust, solidarity, and women's leadership.
women's solidarityunconventional family
Delirante
1982 Poetic textsA compilation of poetic texts.
Bibliography
- Elise, or the Real Life (1967)
- About Clémence (1971)
- A Travelling Tree (1978)
- Delirious Woman (1982)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- working-class women as main charactersuse of real cities and places as metaphorsinfluenced by Honoré de Balzac
- Recurring Motifs
- womencitiesParis
Legacy
Known for her Prix Femina-winning debut novel depicting working-class women; gained a cult following in the 1960s and 1970s.
Trivia
- Born into a poor family; father died during World War II
- Mother of two sons
- Debut novel rejected by five publishers before acceptance by Éditions Denoël
- Worked as editorial secretary for Les Temps modernes, associated with Simone de Beauvoir