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Lola Lafon

ロラ・ラフォン

Rora Rafon

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1974-01-01 (northern France)
Nationality
France
Languages
French
Residence History
northern France → Bulgaria, Sofia → Romania, Bucharest

Career

Occupations
writer, musician
Active Years
2003-2024

Awards

Prix Ouest-France Étonnants Voyageurs
2014
Work: The Little Communist Who Never Smiled
Organization: Ouest-France
Result: 受賞
Jules Rimet Prize
2014
Work: The Little Communist Who Never Smiled
Result: 受賞
Prix Version Fémina
2014
Work: The Little Communist Who Never Smiled
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Little Communist Who Never Smiled

2014 novel

A novel based on the life of champion gymnast Nadia Comăneci.

communismfemale oppressionsports
Translations
  • translated into numerous languages

Bibliography

  • Une fièvre impossible à négocier (2003)
  • De ça je me console (2007)
  • Nous sommes les oiseaux de la tempête qui s'annonce (2011)
  • La petite communiste qui ne souriait jamais (2014)
  • Mercy, Mary, Patty (2017)
  • Chavirer (2020)
  • Quand tu écouteras cette chanson (2022)

Legacy

French writer and musician. Known internationally for her novel on Nadia Comăneci, which won ten literary prizes in France.

Trivia

  • She is an anarchist and feminist.