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Marie-Hélène Lafon

マリー=エレーヌ・ラフォン

Marī-Ērēnu Rafon

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1962 (Aurillac, Cantal, France)
Nationality
French
Languages
French
Residence History
Aurillac, Cantal → Saint-Flour → Paris

Career

Occupations
educator, writer
Active Years
2001-2024

Education

religious boarding school in Saint-Flour
literature
Country: France
Pantheon-Sorbonne University
classical literature
Degree: agrégation de grammaire
Period: 1980-1987
Year of Graduation: 1987
Country: France

Awards

Prix Renaudot young adult
2001
Work: Le soir du chien
Result: 受賞
Prix Renaissance de la Nouvelle
2002
Work: Liturgie
Result: 受賞
Globe de Cristal Award
2012
Work: Les Pays
Result: 受賞
Prix Goncourt de la nouvelle
2016
Work: Histoires
Result: 受賞
Prix Renaudot
2020
Work: Histoire du fils
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Le soir du chien

2001 novel

Liturgie

2002 stories

Les Pays

2012 novel

Histoires

2016

Histoire du fils

2020 novel

Bibliography

  • Le soir du chien (2001)
  • Liturgie (2002)
  • Sur la photo (2003)
  • Mo: roman (2005)
  • Organes (2006)
  • La maison Santoire (2007)
  • Les Derniers Indiens (2008)
  • L'annonce (2009)
  • Gordana (2009)
  • Les Pays (2012)
  • Album (2012)
  • Tensions toniques - les récits de Marie-Hélène Lafon (2012)
  • Traversée (2013)
  • Joseph (2014)
  • Chantiers (2015)
  • Histoires (2016)
  • Nos vies (2017)
  • Histoire du fils (2020)

Legacy

The university library of Letters, Languages and Human Sciences of Clermont Auvergne University was renamed in her name in October 2021.