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Brigitte Giraud

b. 1960

French writer

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Born 1960. Brigitte Giraud is a French novelist, translator, bookseller, journalist and writer.

Brigitte Giraud (; born 1960, Sidi-Bel-Abbès in Algeria) is a French writer, author of novels and short stories. She was awarded the 2022 Prix Goncourt for her autobiographical novel Vivre vite (English: Live Fast). Brigitte Giraud grew up in Rillieux-la-Pape, France, before settling in nearby Lyon. She has studied English, German and Arabic.

Career Giraud has worked as a bookseller, translator and journalist. In 2001, she received a special mention for the Wepler Prize for À présent. She won the Goncourt short story prize in 2007 for her collection L'amour est très surestimé (English: Love Is Very Overrated), then the Grand Prix Jean Giono for Une année étrangère (English: A Year Abroad) in 2009.

On 3 November 2022, she was awarded the 2022 Prix Goncourt for Vivre vite, a récit about the death of her husband, Claude, in a motorbike crash in 1999 at the age of 41. She is the thirteenth woman to receive the Goncourt since the prize's establishment in 1903. Giraud won after the jury underwent fourteen rounds of voting, the maximum amount permitted. The final vote ended in a stalemate and, in accordance with the rules, the president of the Goncourt Academy cast a deciding vote, selecting Giraud's novel over Giuliano da Empoli's The Wizard of the Kremlin (Le mage du Kremlin).

Personal life Giraud lives in Lyon.

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: , Flammarion 2022: , Flammarion (winner of the Prix Goncourt) 2022: Porté disparu, l'École des loisirs

Short stories

Collections 2007: L'amour est très surestimé, Stock -Goncourt de la nouvelle 2007 - Bourse Goncourt de la Nouvelle. 2010: Avec les garçons, followed by Le Garçon, J'ai lu,

Participation 2004: "Bowling" in , collectif, Verticales, - after by Dominique A 2004: One short story in Dix ans sous la Bleue, collective, Stock

Adaptations 2011: Pas d'inquietude, TV movie directed by Thierry Binisti and starring Isabelle Carré

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 2022 – Prix Goncourt for Vivre vite

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 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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Important facts

Born
1960, Sidi Bel Abbès
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Awards
Officer of Arts and Letters; Prix Goncourt; Jean Giono Jury award; Prix Goncourt de la nouvelle; Knight of the Legion of Honour

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Brigitte Giraud?

French writer

When was Brigitte Giraud born?

Brigitte Giraud was born in 1960 in Sidi Bel Abbès.

What is Brigitte Giraud's occupation?

Brigitte Giraud is a novelist, translator, bookseller, journalist and writer.

What nationality is Brigitte Giraud?

Brigitte Giraud is French.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Brigitte Giraud

· Wikidata: Q916286

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