Prix Médicis
1 appearances
Marie Darrieussecq
マリー・ダリューセック
Marī Darrieussecq
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1969-01-03 （Bayonne）
- Nationality
- France
- Languages
- French, Basque
- Residence History
- Bayonne → Bordeaux → Paris
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, Translator, Psychoanalyst
- Active Years
- 1996-
- Affiliations
- P.O.L.
- Influenced By
- Georges Perec, Michel Leiris, Serge Doubrovsky, Hervé Guibert
- Influenced
- J.M.G. Le Clézio
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| École Normale Supérieure | Literature | Modern Literature | aggregation | 1990-1994 | France |
| Sorbonne Nouvelle | — | Literature | — | — | France |
École Normale Supérieure
Literature
/ Modern Literature
Degree:
aggregation
Period:
1990-1994
Year of Graduation:
1992
Country:
France
Doctoral thesis under Francis Marmande
Sorbonne Nouvelle
Literature
Year of Graduation:
1997
Country:
France
PhD defense
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Prix Médicis | Il faut beaucoup aimer les hommes | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2013 | Prix des Prix | Il faut beaucoup aimer les hommes | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1988 | Prix du jeune écrivain | La Randonneuse | — | — | 受賞 |
Prix Médicis
2013
Work:
Il faut beaucoup aimer les hommes
Result:
受賞
Prix des Prix
2013
Work:
Il faut beaucoup aimer les hommes
Result:
受賞
Prix du jeune écrivain
1988
Work:
La Randonneuse
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Truismes (Pig Tales)
1996 NovelA woman metamorphoses into a sow.
Body metamorphosisFemininityFantasy
Translations
- Translated into 40 languages
Il faut beaucoup aimer les hommes (Men)
2013 NovelA novel of cinema and desire.
MenDesireCinema
Être ici est une splendeur
2016 BiographyLife of Paula Modersohn-Becker.
Female artistCreativity
Bibliography
- Truismes (1996)
- Naissance des fantômes (1998)
Adaptations
- Theatrical adaptation of Truismes (2011)
Translations by Author
- Virginia Woolf 'A Room of One's Own' (2016)
Translations of Works
- Pig Tales, 40 languages
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Precise, concise and clearNervous, rhythmicPhysical writing
- Recurring Motifs
- Body metamorphosisGhostsDisappearanceAnimalsFeminine perspective
Legacy
Important contemporary French writer exploring metamorphosis and femininity.
In Popular Culture
- Jean-Luc Godard bought film rights
Quotes
-
The novel is a place of metamorphosis.
Source: Interview -
Writers are responsible for dying animals.
Source: Quoting Gilles Deleuze
Trivia
- Mother and grandmothers spoke Basque
- Basque is mother tongue but doesn't speak it
- Has three children
- Published by P.O.L.