Brigitte Giraud
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Giraud in 2017
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| Born | 1960 (age 63–64) Sidi-Bel-Abbès, French Algeria |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Language | French |
| Notable awards | Prix Goncourt (2022) |
| Years active | 1997–present |
Brigitte Giraud (born 1960, Sidi-Bel-Abbès in Algeria) is a French writer, author of novels and short stories.
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Early life
Born in 1960,[1] Brigitte Giraud grew up in Rillieux-la-Pape before settling in Lyon.[2] She studied English, German and Arabic.[3]
Career
Giraud worked as a bookseller, translator and journalist.[1] For her first book La chambre des parents (1997), she received the "Prix Littéraire des Étudiants" and for Nico the "Prix Lettres frontière Rhône-Alpes".
On 3 November 2022, she was awarded the 2022 Prix Goncourt for Vivre vite, a récit about the death of her husband Claude in 1999 at the age of 41.[4] She is the thirteenth woman to receive the Goncourt since the prize's establishment in 1903.[5] Giraud won after the jury underwent fourteen rounds of voting, the maximum amount permitted. The final vote ended in stalemate and, in accordance with the rules, the president of the Goncourt Academy cast a deciding vote, selecting Giraud over Giuliano da Empoli's novel Le mage du Kremlin.[6]
Personal life
Giraud lives in Lyon.[2] Her husband, Claude, died in a motorbike accident in 1999.[7]
Works
Novels and narratives (récits)
- 1997: La Chambre des parents, Fayard
- 1999: Nico, Stock
- 2001: À présent, Stock
- 2004: Marée noire, Stock
- 2005: J'apprends, Stock
- 2009: Une année étrangère, Stock
- 2011: Pas d'inquiétude, Stock
- 2013: Avoir un corps, Stock
- 2015: Nous serons des héros, Stock
- 2017: Un loup pour l'homme, Flammarion
- 2019: Jour de courage, Flammarion
- 2022: Vivre vite, Flammarion (winner of the Prix Goncourt)
- 2022: Porté disparu, l'École des loisirs
Short stories
Collections
- 2007: L'amour est très surestimé, Stock ISBN 9782234059252 -Goncourt de la nouvelle 2007 - Bourse Goncourt de la Nouvelle.
- 2010: Avec les garçons, followed by Le Garçon, J'ai lu, ISBN 9782290027325
Participation
- 2004: "Bowling" in Tout sera comme avant, collectif, Verticales, ISBN 2-84335-198-7 - after eponymous album by Dominique A
- 2004: One short story in Dix ans sous la Bleue, collective, Stock
Awards and honours
- 1997 – Prix Littéraire des Étudiants for La Chambre des parents
- 2000 – Prix Lettres frontière Rhône-Alpes for Nico
- 2007 – Prix Goncourt de la nouvelle for L'amour est très surestimé
- 2009 – Prix du jury Jean-Giono for Une année étrangère
- 2014 –
Officier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres[8] - 2022 – Prix Goncourt for Vivre vite[9]
Nominations
- 2001 – Prix Femina (Selection) for À présent
- 2001 – Prix du Livre Inter (Selection) for À présent
- 2004 – Prix du Livre Inter (Selection) for Marée noire
- 2009 – Prix Fémina (finalist) for Une année étrangère
- 2011 – Prix Medicis (finalist) for Pas d'inquiétude
- 2013 – Prix Femina (Selection) for Avoir un corps
- 2015 – Prix Fémina (finalist) for Nous serons des héros
- 2017 – Prix Goncourt des lycéens (finalist) for Un loup pour l'homme[10]
- 2017 – Prix Goncourt (Selection) for Un loup pour l'homme
- 2017 – Prix Femina (Selection) for Un loup pour l'homme
- 2017 – Prix Médicis (Selection) for Un loup pour l'homme
- 2017 – Prix du style (Selection) for Un loup pour l'homme
- 2017 – Prix des Deux Magots (Selection) for Un loup pour l'homme
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External links
- Page on the website of her publisher
- Brigitte Giraud on Auterus en Rhône -Alpes
- Brigitte Giraud's blog
- Entretien avec Brigitte Giraud, directrice de la collection « la forêt » (Stock)
- Brigitte Giraud on Confluences, rencontres littéraires
- Brigitte Giraud on Babelio
- Articles with short description
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- 1960 births
- Living people
- 20th-century French novelists
- 20th-century French women writers
- 21st-century French novelists
- 21st-century French women writers
- French short story writers
- French women novelists
- French women short story writers
- Officiers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
- People from Sidi Bel Abbès
- Prix Goncourt winners
- Prix Goncourt de la nouvelle recipients
- Writers from Lyon
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