Alice Zeniter
Alice Zeniter | |
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École Normale Supérieure | |
Years active | 2003–present |
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Alice Zeniter (born 1986) is a French
dramatist
and director.
She has won a
L'Art de Perdre
.
Zeniter published her first novel, Deux moins un égal zéro, at the age of 16. Her second novel, Jusque dans nos bras, was published in 2010 and translated into English as Take This Man.
Her novel, L'Art de Perdre, won multiple prizes and awards.[1] It was published in English in 2021 as The Art of Losing,[2][3] for which she won the International Dublin Literary Award along with its translator Frank Wynne.[4]
Early life
Zeniter was born in Clamart, to an
École Normale Supérieure in Paris
.
Works
Works in English
- Take this man, New York: OCLC 760291543
- The Art of Losing, (translated by ISBN 0374182302, 978-0374182304.
Novels
- Deux moins un égal zéro, Nantes, France, Éditions du Petit Véhicule, coll. « Plaine Page », 2003, 112 p. (ISBN 2-84273-361-4)
- Jusque dans nos bras, Paris, ISBN 978-2-226-19593-7)
- Prix littéraire de la Porte Dorée 2010
- Prix littéraire Laurence Trân 2011
- Sombre Dimanche, Paris, éditions Albin Michel, 2013, 236 p. (ISBN 978-2-226-24517-5)
- Prix de la Closerie des Lilas 2013
- Prix du Livre Inter 2013
- Prix des lecteurs de l'Express 2013
- Juste avant l'Oubli, Editions Flammarion, 2015, [1]
- Prix Renaudot des lycéens 2015
- L'Art de Perdre, OCLC 1041421172[5]
- Prix Goncourt des lycéens 2017
- Prix littéraire du Monde2017
- Prix Landerneau des lecteurs 2017
- Prix des libraires de Nancy
- Prix Liste Goncourt : le choix polonais, Cracovie, 2017
- Prix Liste Goncourt : le choix de la Suisse 2017
- Finaliste Prix Goncourt 2017
- Comme un empire dans un empire, OCLC 1197718937
Theatre
- Spécimens humains avec monstres, 2011
- Hansel et Gretel, Editions Acte Sud, 2018
Translation
- I love Dick, Chris Kraus, Editions Flammarion, 2016
Filmography
- Fever, 2014
References
- ^ "Meeting with Alice Zeniter". OpenAgenda. Retrieved 2018-11-08.
- ^ "The Art of Losing by Alice Zeniter". www.panmacmillan.com. Retrieved 2021-02-06.
- ^ "The Art of Losing (Review)". www.publishersweekly.com. Retrieved 2021-02-06.
- ^ Crowley, Sinéad (23 May 2022). "French author Alice Zeniter wins 2022 Dublin Literary Award". RTÉ News. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
- ^ "Entretien avec Alice Zeniter : "Enfant, j'ignorais pourquoi on n'allait pas en Algérie"". Libération.fr (in French). Retrieved 2018-11-08.