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Marie-Sabine Roger

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Marie-Sabine Roger

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1957-09-19 (Bordeaux)
Nationality
French
Languages
French
Residence History
Bordeaux

Career

Occupations
writer, children's literature writer, young adult literature writer, novelist
Active Years
1989-2024

Awards

Prix Marguerite Audoux
2010
Work: Vivement l’avenir
Organization: Prix Marguerite Audoux
Result: 受賞
Prix Sorcières
2006
Work: Le Quatrième soupirail
Category: adolescent novels
Result: 受賞
Prix de la nouvelle francophone Nanterre
2008
Work: Les Encombrants
Result: 受賞
Cezam Prix Littéraire Inter CE
2009
Work: La tête en friche
Result: 受賞
Prix Inter-CE
2009
Work: La tête en friche
Result: 受賞
Prix des lycéens allemands
2011
Work: La tête en friche
Result: 受賞
Prix littéraire des Hebdos en Région
2011
Work: Vivement l’avenir
Result: 受賞
Prix Handilivres
2011
Work: Vivement l’avenir
Result: 受賞
Prix des lecteurs de l'Express
2012
Work: Bon Rétablissement
Organization: L'Express
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Vivement l’avenir

2010 novel

A novel depicting hope for the future.

hopefuture

La tête en friche

2009 novel

A story of growth through reading. Adapted into a film.

readinggrowthfriendship
Adaptations
  • [film] My Afternoons with Margueritte / Jean Becker (2010)
Translations
  • Soft in the Head (English translation)

Bibliography

  • 3 histoires de moutons
  • La tête en friche
  • Vivement l’avenir
  • Bon Rétablissement

Adaptations

  • My Afternoons with Margueritte (2010, dir. Jean Becker)
  • Get Well Soon (2014, dir. Jean Becker)

Translations of Works

  • La tête en friche → Soft in the Head (trans. Frank Wynne)
  • Bon Rétablissement → Get Well Soon (trans. Frank Wynne)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
versatile registersaccessible prose
Recurring Motifs
everyday human relationshipsescape from loneliness

Legacy

Popular French writer known for works from children's books to adult novels, several adapted into films.

In Popular Culture

  • Works adapted into films by director Jean Becker

Trivia

  • Born in Bordeaux.
  • Photo from 2007.