Marie NDiaye
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Marie NDiaye is a French
novelist and playwright. She published her first novel, Quant au riche avenir, when she was only 17 and she won the Prix Femina
in 2001 for her novel Rosie Carpe. Her play Papa doit manger has been taken into the repertoire of the Comédie française.
Ndiaye was born in Pithiviers
and grew up with her French mother. Her father was Senegal
ese but she met him for the first time when she was fifteen. She began writing at the age of 12. After her first novel she wrote a further six novels, all published by Minuit, and a collection of short stories. She also wrote her Comédie Classique, a two-hundred page novel made up of a single sentence, which was published by POL at the age of 21. As well as writing novels, Ndiaye has written a number of plays and a screenplay. Papa doit manger is only the second play by a female writer to be taken into the repertoire of the Comédie française.
Her novel Trois femmes puissantes won the 2009 Prix Goncourt
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novelist and playwright. She published her first novel, Quant au riche avenir, when she was only 17 and she won the Prix Femina
Prix Femina
The Prix Femina is a French literary prize created in 1904 by 22 writers for the magazine La Vie heureuse . The prize is decided each year by an exclusively female jury, although the authors of the winning works do not have to be women...
in 2001 for her novel Rosie Carpe. Her play Papa doit manger has been taken into the repertoire of the Comédie française.
Ndiaye was born in Pithiviers
Pithiviers
Pithiviers is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France. It is twinned with Ashby-de-la-Zouch in Leicestershire, England....
and grew up with her French mother. Her father was Senegal
Senegal
Senegal , officially the Republic of Senegal , is a country in western Africa. It owes its name to the Sénégal River that borders it to the east and north...
ese but she met him for the first time when she was fifteen. She began writing at the age of 12. After her first novel she wrote a further six novels, all published by Minuit, and a collection of short stories. She also wrote her Comédie Classique, a two-hundred page novel made up of a single sentence, which was published by POL at the age of 21. As well as writing novels, Ndiaye has written a number of plays and a screenplay. Papa doit manger is only the second play by a female writer to be taken into the repertoire of the Comédie française.
Her novel Trois femmes puissantes won the 2009 Prix Goncourt
Prix Goncourt
The Prix Goncourt is a prize in French literature, given by the académie Goncourt to the author of "the best and most imaginative prose work of the year"...
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Novels and Short Stories
- Quant au riche avenir - Minuit, 1985 (ISBN 2-7073-1018-2)
- Comédie classique - P.O.L, 1988 (ISBN 2-86744-082-3)
- La femme changée en bûche - Minuit, 1989 (ISBN 2-7073-1285-1)
- En famille - Minuit, 1991 (ISBN 2-7073-1367-X)
- Un temps de saison - Minuit, 1994 (ISBN 2-7073-1474-9)
- La Sorcière - Minuit, 1996 (ISBN 2-7073-1569-9)
- Rosie Carpe - Minuit, Prix FeminaPrix FeminaThe Prix Femina is a French literary prize created in 1904 by 22 writers for the magazine La Vie heureuse . The prize is decided each year by an exclusively female jury, although the authors of the winning works do not have to be women...
2001 (ISBN 2-7073-1740-3) - Tous mes amis, nouvelles - Minuit, 2004 (ISBN 2-7073-1859-0)
- Autoportrait en vert - Mercure de France, 2005 (ISBN 2-7152-2481-8)
- Mon cœur a l'etroit - Gallimard, 2007 (ISBN 978-2-07-077457-9)
- Trois femmes puissantes - Gallimard, Prix GoncourtPrix GoncourtThe Prix Goncourt is a prize in French literature, given by the académie Goncourt to the author of "the best and most imaginative prose work of the year"...
, 2009 (ISBN 978-2070786541)
Plays
- Hilda - Minuit, 1999 (ISBN 2-7073-1661-X)
- Papa doit manger - Minuit, 2003 (ISBN 2-7073-1798-5)
- Rien d'humain - Les Solitaires Intempestifs, 2004 (ISBN 2-84681-095-8)
- Les serpents - Minuit, 2004 (ISBN 2-7073-1856-6)
Children's novels
- La diablesse et son enfant, illustration Nadja - École des loisirs, 2000 (ISBN 2211056601)
- Les paradis de Prunelle, illustration Pierre Mornet - Albin Michel Jeunesse, 2003 (ISBN 2226140689)
- Le souhait, illustration Alice Charbin - École des loisirs, 2005 (ISBN 2211079628)