Prix Renaudot (Prix Théophraste-Renaudot)
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Edition 91 (2016) Winner
Yasmina Reza
ヤスミナ・レザ
Yasmina Reza
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1959-05-01 （Paris, France）
- Died
- null
- Nationality
- French
- Languages
- French
- Religion
- Judaism
- Residence History
- Paris, France
Career
- Occupations
- playwright, actress, novelist, screenwriter
- Active Years
- 1980-
- Influenced By
- Molière, Pierre de Marivaux, Franz Kafka (influence via stage translation)
- Influenced
- Contemporary playwrights and directors (influenced by her dialogue-driven satire)
- Nominations
- Nominated for European Film Awards (Best Screenwriter) for 'Carnage'
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq | — | — | — | — | France |
École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq
Country:
France
Studied physical theatre and experimental performance.
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Molière Award | Conversations After a Burial | 最優秀作者賞 (Best Author) | Molière Awards (Académie des Molières) | 受賞 |
| 1988 | Molière Award | Metamorphosis (stage translation) | 翻訳賞 (Translation) | Molière Awards (Académie des Molières) | 受賞 |
| 1990 | Molière Award | La Traversée de l'hiver (The Passage of Winter) | 最優秀フリンジ作品賞 (Best Fringe Production) | Molière Awards (Académie des Molières) | 受賞 |
| 1994 | Molière Award | Art | 最優秀作者／最優秀戯曲／最優秀上演 (Best Author, Best Play, Best Production) | Molière Awards (Académie des Molières) | 受賞 |
| 1998 | Laurence Olivier Award | Art | 最優秀コメディ賞 (Best Comedy) | Society of London Theatre | 受賞 |
| 1998 | Tony Award | Art | Best Play | American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League | 受賞 |
| 2000 | Grand Prix du Théâtre (Académie Française) | — | — | Académie Française | 受賞 |
| 2005 | Welt Literature Prize | — | — | WELT (Welt-Literaturpreis) | 受賞 |
| 2009 | Laurence Olivier Award | God of Carnage | 最優秀コメディ賞 (Best Comedy) | Society of London Theatre | 受賞 |
| 2009 | Tony Award | God of Carnage | Best Play | American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League | 受賞 |
| 2012 | Cinema Writers Circle Award | Carnage | 最優秀脚本（脚色） (Best Screenplay - Adapted) | Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos | 受賞 |
| 2012 | César Award | Carnage | 最優秀脚本（脚色） (Best Screenplay - Adapted) | Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma | 受賞 |
| 2016 | Prix Renaudot | Babylone | 文学賞 | Prix Renaudot committee | 受賞 |
| 2020 | Prix Jonathan Swift | — | — | Prix Jonathan Swift | 受賞 |
| 2021 | Premio Malaparte | — | — | Premio Malaparte | 受賞 |
Molière Award
1987
Work:
Conversations After a Burial
Category:
最優秀作者賞 (Best Author)
Organization:
Molière Awards (Académie des Molières)
Result:
受賞
Molière Award
1988
Work:
Metamorphosis (stage translation)
Category:
翻訳賞 (Translation)
Organization:
Molière Awards (Académie des Molières)
Result:
受賞
Molière Award
1990
Work:
La Traversée de l'hiver (The Passage of Winter)
Category:
最優秀フリンジ作品賞 (Best Fringe Production)
Organization:
Molière Awards (Académie des Molières)
Result:
受賞
Molière Award
1994
Work:
Art
Category:
最優秀作者／最優秀戯曲／最優秀上演 (Best Author, Best Play, Best Production)
Organization:
Molière Awards (Académie des Molières)
Result:
受賞
Laurence Olivier Award
1998
Work:
Art
Category:
最優秀コメディ賞 (Best Comedy)
Organization:
Society of London Theatre
Result:
受賞
Tony Award
1998
Work:
Art
Category:
Best Play
Organization:
American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League
Result:
受賞
Grand Prix du Théâtre (Académie Française)
2000
Organization:
Académie Française
Result:
受賞
Welt Literature Prize
2005
Organization:
WELT (Welt-Literaturpreis)
Result:
受賞
Laurence Olivier Award
2009
Work:
God of Carnage
Category:
最優秀コメディ賞 (Best Comedy)
Organization:
Society of London Theatre
Result:
受賞
Tony Award
2009
Work:
God of Carnage
Category:
Best Play
Organization:
American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League
Result:
受賞
Cinema Writers Circle Award
2012
Work:
Carnage
Category:
最優秀脚本（脚色） (Best Screenplay - Adapted)
Organization:
Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos
Result:
受賞
César Award
2012
Work:
Carnage
Category:
最優秀脚本（脚色） (Best Screenplay - Adapted)
Organization:
Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma
Result:
受賞
Prix Renaudot
2016
Work:
Babylone
Category:
文学賞
Organization:
Prix Renaudot committee
Result:
受賞
Prix Jonathan Swift
2020
Organization:
Prix Jonathan Swift
Result:
受賞
Premio Malaparte
2021
Organization:
Premio Malaparte
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Art
1994 PlayA satirical, dialogue-driven play about three friends whose relationships are tested over a disagreement about a modern painting.
middle-class vanityfragility of friendshipthe nature of art
Translations
- English translation by Christopher Hampton
God of Carnage
2006 PlayA black comedy about two couples who meet to resolve their children's fight and descend into social and moral chaos as civilities break down.
masks of civilityviolence and moralitymiddle-class contradictions
Adaptations
- [Film] Carnage / Roman Polanski (2011)
Translations
- English translation by Christopher Hampton
Hammerklavier
1997 NovelOne of her early novels, exploring memory and interpersonal relationships.
memoryhuman relationships
Translations
- English translation by Carol Cosman in collaboration with Catherine McMillan
Babylon
2016 NovelA novel exploring family, memory, and loss. Winner of the 2016 Prix Renaudot.
familymemoryloss
Translations
- English translation by Linda Asher
Dawn, Evening or Night
2007 Non-fiction / EssayReportage-style book written after a year following Nicolas Sarkozy's campaign; combines politics and close observation.
politicsobservation
Translations
- English translation by Yasmina Reza and Pierre Guglielmina
Bibliography
- Conversations après un enterrement (Conversations After a Burial) — 1987
- La Traversée de l'hiver (The Passage of Winter) — 1989
- Art — 1994
- L'Homme du hasard (The Unexpected Man) — 1995
- Trois versions de la vie (Life x 3) — 2000
- Une pièce espagnole (A Spanish Play) — 2004
- Le Dieu du Carnage (God of Carnage) — 2006
- Bella figura — 2015
- Hammerklavier — 1997
- Une désolation — 1999
- Adam Haberberg — 2003
- Nulle part — 2005
- L'Aube le soir ou la nuit — 2007
- Heureux les heureux — 2013
- Babylone — 2016
- Anne-Marie la Beauté — 2020
- Serge — 2021
- Récits de certains faits — 2024
- Jusqu'à la nuit (screenplay) — 1983
- Le Pique-nique de Lulu Kreutz (screenplay) — 2000
- Chicas (screenwriter and director) — 2010
- Carnage (screenplay) — 2011
Adaptations
- Film 'Carnage' (2011) — film adaptation of 'God of Carnage' directed by Roman Polanski
Translations by Author
- Stage translation of Kafka's 'The Metamorphosis' (stage version)
Translations of Works
- Art — English translation by Christopher Hampton
- God of Carnage — English translation by Christopher Hampton
- Babylone — English translation by Linda Asher
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- concise, dialogue-driven stylesatirical and ironic toneelements of black comedy
- Recurring Motifs
- middle-class vanity and contradictionsgap between outward civility and inner realitymiscommunication in human relationships
Legacy
Yasmina Reza is one of the leading contemporary playwrights whose concise, dialogue-driven satires have earned international acclaim. Works such as 'Art' and 'God of Carnage' have been widely translated, staged worldwide and adapted to film. She has won major theatre and literary awards and influenced late-20th and early-21st century theatre.
Academic Societies
- Académie Française (prize recipient)
Archives
- Held in the collections of the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF)
In Popular Culture
- Roman Polanski's film 'Carnage' (2011)
- Major Broadway and London productions of 'Art' and 'God of Carnage'
Quotes
-
There's no point in writing theatre if it's not accessible.
Source: Interview in The Guardian (2012) (2012)
Trivia
- Her father was a Russian-born Persian Jew and her mother a Hungarian Jewish violinist.
- 'Art' has been translated into more than 30 languages and staged worldwide.
- She has two children.