Camille Laurens
Camille Laurens | |
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| Born | Laurence Ruel 6 November 1957 Dijon, France |
| Pen name | Camille Laurens |
| Language | French |
| Notable works | Dans ces bras-là (2000) |
| Notable awards | Prix Femina (2000) |
Laurence Ruel (born 6 November 1957),[1] known by her pen name Camille Laurens, is a French writer and winner of the 2000 Prix Femina for Dans ces bras-là.[2] Laurens is a member of the Académie Goncourt.
Career[edit]
A graduate of humanities, Camille Laurens taught in Rouen in Normandy. In 1984, she began teaching in Morocco, where she spent twelve years. Since September 2011, she has taught at the Institut d'études politiques de Paris (Sciences Po).[3]
Between 2007 and 2019, she was a member of the jury for the Prix Femina. She had been a member of the Académie Goncourt since 11 February 2020.[4]
Controversy[edit]
In September 2021, the Prix Goncourt attracted controversy after the jury decided, by a vote of 7 to 3, to include Les enfants de Cadillac by François Noudelmann on its 2021 list of finalists. Laurens, who is a member of the prize's jury, is the partner of Noudelmann. Laurens voted in favor of her partner's book. It also emerged that shortly after the shortlist was revealed Laurens had written a negative review in Le Monde of one of Noudelmann's competitors for the prize, La Carte postale by Anne Berest. France Inter, who first revealed the conflict of interest, described her review as containing "unheard-of brutality". Laurens defended herself, saying that she wrote the review before the Goncourt selected its finalists. She also claimed she was being attacked for being a woman and not on the substance of her arguments in the review. However, historian Jean-Yves Mollier said, "She straight-out assassinated one of the candidates."[5] In October 2021, the Académie Goncourt ultimately decided that it will no longer allow lovers and family members of the jury to be entered for consideration.[6]
Awards and honours[edit]
- 2000: Prix Femina for Dans ces bras-là
- 2000: Prix Renaudot des lycéens for Dans ces bras-là
- 2006: Finalist in the first selection for the Prix Goncourt for Ni toi ni moi[7]
- 2006:
Officier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres[8] - 2008: Prix Bourgogne de littérature for Tissé par mille
- 2016: Prix du Roman-News for Celle que vous croyez[9]
- 2018: Prix David de l'expertise for La Petite Danseuse de 14 ans[10]
- 2018: Prix Ève-Delacroix of the Académie Française for La Petite Danseuse de 14 ans[11]
- 2020: Best Book of the Year by the magazine Lire for Fille[12]
Works[edit]
- L'amour, roman. Paris: P.O.L. 2003. ISBN 2867449375. OCLC 51898498.
- Dans ces bras-là. Paris: P.O.L. 2000. ISBN 2867447763. OCLC 45420418.
- In his arms : a novel. Monk, Ian (translator). (1st U.S. ed.). New York: Random House. 2004. ISBN 0375506527. OCLC 52839016.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - In those arms. Monk, Ian. London: Bloomsbury. 2003. ISBN 074756132X. OCLC 52738648.
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- In his arms : a novel. Monk, Ian (translator). (1st U.S. ed.). New York: Random House. 2004. ISBN 0375506527. OCLC 52839016.
- Celle que vous croyez. [Paris]. ISBN 9782072716140. OCLC 991711239.
- Laurens, Camille (2017). Who you think I am. New York. ISBN 9781590518328. OCLC 960762435.
- Jardins de cristal : Baccarat, Daum, Lalique, St-Louis. Dupont-Rougier, Vincent, 1966- ..., Pôle verrier (Lorraine), Lorraine. Conseil régional. [Paris]: Gallimard. 2008. ISBN 9782070122165. OCLC 470880548.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - Romance nerveuse : roman. [Paris]: Gallimard. 2010. ISBN 9782070119912. OCLC 513673739.
- Les fiancées du Diable enquête sur les femmes terrifiantes. Paris: Editions du Toucan. 2011. ISBN 9782810004461. OCLC 800481629.
- Les travaux d'Hercule : roman. Paris: Gallimard. 2012. ISBN 9782070138227. OCLC 872671200.
- Romance : roman. [Paris]: Gallimard. 2012. ISBN 9782070138234. OCLC 798397522.
- Le grain des mots. Paris: Gallimard. 2011. ISBN 9782070139330. OCLC 820529482.
- L'avenir : roman. Paris: Gallimard. 2013. ISBN 9782070141722. OCLC 848706927.
- Ni toi ni moi roman. [Paris]: Gallimard. ISBN 9782070143337. OCLC 893787747.
- La petite danseuse de quatorze ans. Paris: Stock. 2017. ISBN 9782234069282. OCLC 1003642990.
- Little Dancer Aged Fourteen: The True Story Behind Degas's Masterpiece (English translation), Other Press, 2018 [13]
References[edit]
- ^ Profile of Camille Laurens
- ^ "Tous les lauréats du Prix Femina". Retrieved 2 February 2011.
- ^ Formation Sciences Po
- ^ "Les écrivains Camille Laurens et Pascal Bruckner nommés à l'académie Goncourt". Le Monde (in French). 11 February 2020. Retrieved 2020-02-24.
- ^ Onishi, Norimitsu; Méheut, Constant (29 September 2021). "In Paris, It's Literary Scandal Season Again". Retrieved 30 September 2021.
- ^ "No lovers allowed in top French book prize after ethics scandal". France 24. Agence France-Presse. 5 October 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
- ^ Thomas, Vincy (5 September 2006). "1re sélection pour le prix Goncourt 2006". Livres Hebdo (in French). Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ Nominations dans l'ordre des Arts et Lettres de janvier 2006, Culture.gouv.fr, January 2006.
- ^ "Camille Laurens reçoit le Prix Roman-News 2016". ActuaLitté.com (in French). Retrieved 2021-01-06.
- ^ "CEDEA - CONFÉDÉRATION EUROPÉENNE DES EXPERTS D'ART". www.cedea-art-experts.com. Retrieved 2019-01-28.
- ^ "Prix Ève Delacroix | Académie française". www.academie-francaise.fr. Retrieved 2019-01-28.
- ^ "Les 100 livres de l'année 2020 selon "Lire Magazine Littéraire"". Livres Hebdo (in French). Retrieved 2021-01-06.
- ^ "Reviewed by Cindy Helms in New York Journal of Books". 2018-11-20. Retrieved 2018-12-11.
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| National libraries | |
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- 1957 births
- Living people
- Writers from Dijon
- French women novelists
- Prix Femina winners
- Academic staff of Sciences Po
- 20th-century French non-fiction writers
- 21st-century French non-fiction writers
- Officiers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
- 20th-century French women writers
- 21st-century French women writers
- Prix Renaudot des lycéens winners
- Pseudonymous writers
- Pseudonymous women writers