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Laurence Plazenet

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Laurence Plazenet

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1968-06-22 (Paris)
Nationality
France
Languages
French

Career

Occupations
novelist, scholar, university lecturer

Education

École Normale Supérieure
Country: France
University of Paris (Sorbonne)
Degree: 博士(文学)
Country: France
PhD in Literature (year unknown)
Princeton University
Country: United States
Studied or research stay (details unknown)

Awards

European Union Prize for Literature
Work: L’amour seul
Organization: European Union Prize for Literature (organizers)
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Love Alone (L’amour seul)

Novel

No detailed summary available.

lovelonelinessintrospection

The Wound and the Thirst (La Blessure et la soif)

Novel

No detailed summary available.

woundthirstmemory

Disproportion of Man (Disproportion de l’homme)

Novel

No detailed summary available.

human naturedisproportionexistence

Bibliography

  • L’amour seul
  • La Blessure et la soif
  • Disproportion de l’homme

Style & Themes

Literary Style
philosophicalintrospectivelyrical
Recurring Motifs
solitudememorylanguage and existence

Legacy

A French novelist who gained international attention after winning the European Union Prize for Literature. She has an academic background and works in both creative writing and scholarship; her influence on popular culture is limited.

Trivia

  • Studied at École Normale Supérieure, earned a PhD at the Sorbonne, and studied at Princeton University.
  • Won the European Union Prize for Literature for L’amour seul (year unknown).