Jakuta Alikavazovic

Jakuta Alikavazovic (born 6 October 1979) is a French writer. Her debut novel Corps volatils was awarded the prix Goncourt du premier roman. In 2021, her latest novel Night As It Falls was published in the United Kingdom by Faber and Faber.

Biography A former student of the École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay, she holds an agrégation de Lettres degree.

In 2010, her second novel Le Londres-Louxor received a very enthusiastic welcome from the press and found itself in the selection of the Prix du Livre Inter. In 2012, she published La Blonde et le Bunker, which won the special mention of the jury of the Prix Wepler. Her fourth novel L'avancée de la nuit, published in 2017, was shortlisted for Le Monde literary prize, the Prix Médicis, the Prix Femina and the Prix du Livre Inter. She won the 2021 Prix Médicis essai for Comme un ciel en nous.

Her books are translated into English, Italian, German and Chinese.

She has a monthly column in the national daily newspaper Libération. Her work has been published in Granta, Nouvelle Revue Française and El Malpensante.

She also wrote three books for children published by and has translated several books from English including works from David Foster Wallace, Anna Burns and Ben Lerner.

Work Novels 2007: Corps volatils, Éditions de l'Olivier 2010: Le Londres-Louxor, Éditions de l'Olivier 2012: La Blonde et le Bunker, Éditions de l'Olivier 2017: L'avancée de la nuit, Éditions de l'Olivier / Night As It Falls, Faber & Faber

Short stories 2006: Histoires contre nature, Éditions de l'Olivier 2008: Romeo y Julieta (un cratère), Éditions de l'atelier In 8°

Journals and collective works 2013: "La mémoire des visages", Assises du Roman, Christian Bourgois/Villa Gillet/Le Monde 2013: "Nocturne", Nouvelle Revue Française n° 606, Gallimard 2014: "Risques et périls", Devenirs du Roman (vol.2), Éditions Inculte 2015: "Nos visages", Nouvelle Revue française no 613, Éditions Gallimard 2017: "Des larmes", Nouvelle Revue française no 623, Éditions Gallimard 2019: "À propos de certains types de circuits", Nouvelle Revue française, no 636, Éditions Gallimard

Books for children 2004: Holmes et moi, L'École des loisirs 2004: Leçon d'équilibrisme n°1, L'École des loisirs 2012: Irina vs Irina, L'École des loisirs

Prizes and distinctions In 2007, Jakuta Alikavazovic was a laureate of the "Bourse du Talent écrivain" of the Jean-Luc Lagardère foundation In 2008, her novel Corps volatils was distinguished the Prix Goncourt du Premier Roman In 2012, La Blonde et le Bunker received the Mention Spéciale du jury of the Prix Wepler In 2013 and 2014, Jakuta Alikavazovic was a resident at the Villa Médicis in Rome In 2017, her novel L'avancée de la nuit was awarded the Prix du Zorba, the Prix Castel du Roman de la Nuit