Diane Mazloum

Diane Mazloum (born 1980) is a French-Lebanese writer. Her novels are set against the history or present in Lebanon.

Life and education Diane Mazloum was born in 1980, in Paris, to Lebanese parents who fled from the country because of the Lebanese Civil War. She grew up in Rome and studied astrophysics at Pierre and Marie Curie University

Career Mazloum debuted in 2009 with a graphic novel Nucleus en plein cœur de Beyrouth City. and the Prix France-Liban, while Une piscine dans le désert (2020) was nominated for Prix Renaudot, Prix Femina and Prix Médicis. Her writing deals with the past and the present of Lebanon.

Works

Nucleus en plein cœur de Beyrouth City, 2009 Beyrouth, la nuit, 2014 L'âge d'or, 2018 Une piscine dans le désert, 2020 Le musée national, 2022