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Karine Tuil

かりん・とぅいゆ

Karin Tuiru

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1972-05-03 (Paris)
Nationality
France
Languages
French
Residence History
Paris

Career

Occupations
novelist, lawyer
Active Years
2000-
Influenced By
Jean-Marie Rouart
Nominations
Goncourt Prize finalist (multiple selections), Interallié Prize selection, Femina Prize selection

Education

University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas
Faculty of Law / Communication Law
Degree: Diploma of Advanced Studies
Country: France

Awards

Prix Interallié
2019
Work: Les Choses humaines
Result: winner
Prix Goncourt des Lycéens
2019
Work: Les Choses humaines
Result: winner
Prix Landerneau des Lecteurs
2016
Work: L'Insouciance
Result: winner
Fiction News Prize
2011
Work: Six Months, Six Days
Result: winner
The Green Laurels Literary Award
2013
Work: L'Invention de nos vies
Category: fiction
Result: winner
Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters
2014
Organization: Ministry of Culture
Result: recipient
Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters
2017
Organization: Ministry of Culture
Result: recipient

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Age of Reinvention

2013 novel

Story of an Arab-descended young man who borrows his Jewish friend's identity to succeed in New York.

identityJewish identitysuccessdeception
Translations
  • UK, US, Canada, Italy, China, Greece, Netherlands, Germany

Les Choses humaines

2019 novel

Explores human relationships and consent.

human relationsconsentsocial issues
Adaptations
  • [film] The Accusation / Yvan Attal (2021)

The Insouciance

2016 novel

Themes of Jewishness, fatherhood, law, Kafkaesque humor.

Jewishnessfatherlawhumor

Six Months, Six Days

2010 novel

Forbidden

2001 novel

Satirical account of an old Jew's identity crisis.

Jewish identityidentity
Adaptations
  • [theater] The marriage of Mr Wessmann / Salomé Lelouch (2014)

Bibliography

  • Pour le pire (2000)
  • Forbidden (2001)
  • Female Sex (2002)
  • Tout sur mon frère (2003)
  • When I Was Funny (2005)
  • Douce France (2007)
  • Domination (2008)
  • Six Months, Six Days (2010)
  • The Age of Reinvention (2013)
  • The Insouciance (2016)
  • Les Choses humaines (2019)
  • La décision (2022)

Adaptations

  • The Wedding of Mr Wessmann (theater, 2014)
  • The Accusation (film, 2021)

Translations of Works

  • Translations of L'Invention de nos vies

Style & Themes

Literary Style
satiricalsocial noveltrilogy on Jewish family
Recurring Motifs
marriageJewish identitydetention centerscorporate politicsfatherhoodlaw

Legacy

French novelist known for award-winning works on identity, Jewish themes, and social issues.

Trivia

  • Many works feature Jewish characters.
  • Former lawyer.