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Edition 40 (2023) Winner
Laure Murat
ローレ・ミュラ
Rōre Murat
Pen Names:
Iris Castor（Used for the novel 'Zoé, la nuit' with Zrinka Stahuljak）
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1967-06-04 （Paris）
- Nationality
- France
- Languages
- French, English
- Residence History
- Paris, France (birthplace) → Los Angeles, United States (current)
Career
- Occupations
- historian, writer, university professor, journalist
- Active Years
- 1986-2024
- Affiliations
- UCLA Department of European Languages and Transcultural Studies
- Nominations
- Goncourt Prize longlist (2023) - Proust: roman familial
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) | — | History | PhD | 2004-2006 | France |
École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS)
History
Degree:
PhD
Period:
2004-2006
Year of Graduation:
2006
Country:
France
PhD dissertation 'L’invention du troisième sexe...' defended summa cum laude
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Prix Goncourt de la biographie | La Maison du docteur Blanche | — | Académie Goncourt | 受賞 |
| 2001 | Prix de la Critique de l'Académie française | La Maison du docteur Blanche | — | Académie française | 受賞 |
| 2011 | Prix Femina essai | L'homme qui se prenait pour Napoléon | — | Prix Femina committee | 受賞 |
Prix Goncourt de la biographie
2001
Work:
La Maison du docteur Blanche
Organization:
Académie Goncourt
Result:
受賞
Prix de la Critique de l'Académie française
2001
Work:
La Maison du docteur Blanche
Organization:
Académie française
Result:
受賞
Prix Femina essai
2011
Work:
L'homme qui se prenait pour Napoléon
Organization:
Prix Femina committee
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
La Maison du docteur Blanche
2001 Biography-History 424 pagesInvestigation into the private asylum of Dr. Blanche, treating Nerval and Maupassant, before psychoanalysis.
history of psychiatry19th-century France
Passage de l’Odéon
2003 Cultural history 368 pagesSylvia Beach and Adrienne Monnier's modern bookstore and literary life in interwar Paris.
literary historyfemale publishers
La loi du genre
2006 Cultural history-Gender studies 464 pagesCultural history of the 'third sex' from androgyne myth to neutral invention.
gendersexuality
L'homme qui se prenait pour Napoléon
2011 Historical essay 382 pagesPolitical history of madness using asylum archives from 1789-1871 in Paris.
madnesspolitical history
Translations
- English translation: The Man Who Thought He Was Napoleon (2014)
Bibliography
- Grandes demeures de France
- Palais de la nation
- Paris des écrivains
- L'expédition d'Égypte
- La Maison du docteur Blanche
- Passage de l’Odéon
- La loi du genre
- L'homme qui se prenait pour Napoléon
- Relire
- Flaubert à la Motte-Picquet
- Ceci n'est pas une ville
- Proust: roman familial
- Zoé, la nuit (as Iris Castor)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Narrative based on detailed archival researchAccessible academic essay styleBlend of historical facts and cultural analysis
- Recurring Motifs
- 19th-century psychiatryGender and the third sexIntersection of literature and politicsExploration of rereading
Legacy
Internationally acclaimed historian and writer for works on 19th-century French psychiatry, gender studies, and literary history. Distinguished Professor at UCLA. Multiple awards including Prix Goncourt de la biographie.
Trivia
- Daughter of writer and film producer Napoléon Murat and historian Inès d'Albert de Luynes.
- Discovered police archives on Proust's visit to a brothel, contributing to Proust studies.
- Engages in public debates on #MeToo and cancel culture.