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Sandrine Collette

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Sandrine Collette

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1970-01-01 （Paris）
Nationality
France
Languages
French
Residence History
Paris → La Comelle (Morvan)

Career

Occupations
novelist, sociologist, university lecturer, HR consultant, house restorer, municipal councillor
Active Years
2012-2024
Affiliations
Université Paris-Nanterre, Éditions Denoël, Éditions Jean-Claude Lattès

Education

Université Paris-Nanterre
Philosophy / Political Science
Degree: doctorat
Period: 1990年代
Year of Graduation: 1999
Country: France
PhD thesis: De la loterie nationale à la française des jeux (1933-1998)

Awards

Grand prix de littérature policière
2013
Work: Des nœuds d'acier
Result: 受賞
Grand prix RTL-Lire
2020
Work: Et toujours les forêts
Result: 受賞
Prix Renaudot des lycéens
2022
Work: On était des loups
Result: 受賞
Prix Goncourt des lycéens
2024
Work: Madelaine avant l'aube
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Des nœuds d'acier

2013 roman noir 264 pages

A released prisoner is trapped and enslaved by two brothers.

slaveryviolencehuman cruelty

Un vent de cendres

2014 roman noir 260 pages

Starts with a car accident and continues during harvest in Champagne, revisiting Beauty and the Beast.

revengefamilynature

Et toujours les forêts

2020 dystopian novel 334 pages

Corentin, abandoned by his mother, survives a devastating fire and seeks his foster mother.

environmental destructionisolationsurvival

On était des loups

2022 adventure novel 192 pages

A father undertakes a journey on horseback with his child after his partner is killed by a bear.

paternityman and natureanimals
Adaptations
  • [film] On était des loups / François Busnel (2024)

Madelaine avant l'aube

2024 dystopian novel 247 pages

In a society ravaged by storms, famine, and dictatorship, a wild child is taken in by an isolated hamlet.

survivalrebellionnatural disasters

Bibliography

  • Des nœuds d'acier
  • Un vent de cendres
  • Six fourmis blanches
  • Il reste la poussière
  • Les Larmes noires sur la terre
  • Juste après la vague
  • Animal
  • Et toujours les forêts
  • Ces orages-là
  • On était des loups
  • Madelaine avant l'aube

Style & Themes

Literary Style
dark and tense styledetailed nature descriptionsfairy-tale like narration
Recurring Motifs
relationship between man and natureviolence and survivalisolated communities

Legacy

French novelist known for roman noir exploring nature and dark human aspects. Multiple literary awards.

Trivia

  • Dreamed of being a writer since childhood.
  • Roots in Morvan region, lives surrounded by horses.
  • Hobby of masonry.