Brigitte Giraud
French writer

Brigitte Giraud

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French writer
Gender:
Female
Places:
France
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Writer
Work field:
Literature
Birth:
(Sidi Bel Abbès)
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Brigitte Giraud (born 1960, Sidi-Bel-Abbès in Algeria) is a French writer, author of novels ands and short stories.
After childhood and youth in the banlieue of Lyon, she studied English and German and worked as a bookseller, translator and journalist. For her first book La chambre des parents (1997), she received the "Prix Littéraire des Étudiants" and for Nico the "Prix Lettres frontière". She now lives near Lyon.

Works

Novels

  • 1997: La Chambre des parents, Fayard
  • 1999: Nico, 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

Narration

  • À présent, Stock

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, follwed by Le Garçon, J'ai lu, ISBN 9782290027325

Participation

  • 2004: "Bowling" in Tout sera comme avant (fr), collectif, Verticales, ISBN 2-84335-198-7 - after eponymous album (fr) by Dominique A
  • 2004: One short story in Dix ans sous la Bleue, collective, Stock

Distinctions

Aurélie Filippetti. "Arrêté du 16 janvier 2014 portant nomination et promotion dans l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres". Ministry of Culture and Communication. .