Michèle Desbordes

Michèle Desbordes (4 August 1940 in Saint-Cyr-en-Val, Loiret – 24 January 2006 in Baule, Loiret) was a French writer. A curator of university libraries, she received several awards for her story La Demande devoted to Leonardo da Vinci.

Biography After studying literature at the Sorbonne, she became a curator in libraries in Parisian universities, then in Guadeloupe in public readings. In 1994, she was appointed director of the University Library of Orléans. From her home in Baule she wrote poems and novels.

Works 1986: Sombres dans la ville où elles se taisent (poetry), Arcane 17 1997: L'Habituée, 1999: La Demande, Verdier 2000: Le Commandement, Gallimard 2001: Le Lit de la mer, Gallimard 2004: La Robe bleue, Verdier, inspired by the story of Camille Claudel 2004: Dans le temps qu'il marchait, éditions Laurence Teper 2005: Un été de glycine, Verdier 2006: L'Emprise, Verdier 2006: Artemisia et autres proses, éditions Laurence Teper 2008: Les Petites Terres, éditions Verdier

Distinctions For her work La Demande, 1999.: Prix du roman France Télévisions 1999 Prix du Jury Jean-Giono 1999 Prix des auditeurs de la RTBF 1999 Flaiano Literary Prize 2001