Prix de Flore
1 appearances
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Edition 5 (1998) Winner
Virginie Despentes
バージニー・デスパント
Virijinī Desupantesu
Aliases:
Virginie Daget
Pen Names:
Despentes（Pen name inspired by the hilly neighborhood La Croix-Rousse in Lyon）
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1969-06-13 （Nancy）
- Nationality
- フランス, French
- Languages
- French
- Residence History
- Nancy → Lyon → Paris
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Filmmaker, Film critic, Prostitute (formerly), Journalist
- Active Years
- 1993-
- Affiliations
- Académie Goncourt (2016-2020)
- Memberships
- Académie Goncourt
- Nominations
- Man Booker International Prize 2018 (Vernon Subutex 1)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Prix de Flore | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1999 | Prix Saint-Valentin | Les Jolies Choses | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2010 | Prix Renaudot | Apocalypse Bébé | — | — | 受賞 |
Prix de Flore
1998
Result:
受賞
Prix Saint-Valentin
1999
Work:
Les Jolies Choses
Result:
受賞
Prix Renaudot
2010
Work:
Apocalypse Bébé
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Prix Renaudot (Prix Théophraste-Renaudot)
1 appearances
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Edition 85 (2010) Winner
Works
Major Works
Baise-moi
1994 NovelTwo female sex workers go on a killing spree after one is gang-raped
GenderSexualityViolence
Adaptations
- [Film] Baise-moi / Virginie Despentes, Coralie Trinh Thi (2000)
Translations
- Trans. Bruce Benderson (Fuck Me)
Bibliography
- Baise-moi (1994)
- Les Chiennes savantes (1996)
- Les Jolies Choses (1998)
- Teen Spirit (2002)
- Trois étoiles (2002)
- Bye Bye Blondie (2004)
- King Kong Theory (2006)
- Apocalypse Bébé (2010)
- Vernon Subutex 1 (2015)
- Vernon Subutex 2 (2015)
- Vernon Subutex 3 (2017)
- Cher connard (2022)
Adaptations
- Baise-moi (film, 2000)
- Pretty Things (film, 2001)
- Bye Bye Blondie (film)
Translations of Works
- King Kong Theory (multiple English translations)
- Vernon Subutex (English trans. Frank Wynne)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- TransgressiveFeministRaw and sarcastic
- Recurring Motifs
- Youth marginalizationSexual revolutionPornographyViolencePoverty
Health
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Psychiatric issues15歳時Involuntarily admitted to psychiatric hospital by parents
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Gang rape17歳時Trauma
Legacy
Iconic feminist figure in contemporary French literature, known for transgressive works exploring marginalization and gender
In Popular Culture
- Guest judge on Drag Race France Season 2
Quotes
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I became a prostitute and walked the streets in low-cut tops and high-heeled shoes owing no one an explanation, and I kept and spent every penny I earned. I hitchhiked, I was raped, I hitchhiked again.
Source: King Kong Theory (2006)
Trivia
- Gang-raped at 17 while hitchhiking
- Involuntarily committed to psych ward at 15
- Worked as prostitute and porn critic in Lyon
- Pen name from Lyon's hilly Croix-Rousse neighborhood