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 The Prix Goncourt ( , "The Goncourt Prize") is a prize in French literature, given by the académie Goncourt to the author of "the best and most imaginative prose work of the year". The prize carries a symbolic reward of only 10 euros, but resul ...

for her

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''Vivre vite'' (English: ''Live Fast'').

Early life

Born in 1960, Brigitte Giraud grew up in

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, before settling in nearby

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. She has studied

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and

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Career

Giraud has worked as a

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and

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. For her first book, ''La chambre des parents'' (1997), she received the Prix Littéraire des Étudiants and for ''Nico'', her second novel, the Prix Lettres frontière Rhône-Alpes. 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

for ''Vivre vite'', a ''

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'' 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

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's '' The Wizard of the Kremlin'' (''Le mage du Kremlin'').

Personal life

Giraud lives in Lyon. Her husband, Claude, died in a motorbike accident in 1999.

Works

Novels and narratives (''récits'')

*1997: ''La chambre des parents'',

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*1999: ''Nico'',

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*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'',

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*2019: ', Flammarion *2022: ', Flammarion (winner of the

) *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

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*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

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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 The Prix Goncourt ( , "The Goncourt Prize") is a prize in French literature, given by the académie Goncourt to the author of "the best and most imaginative prose work of the year". The prize carries a symbolic reward of only 10 euros, but resul ...

for ''L'amour est très surestimé'' * 2009 – Prix du jury Jean-Giono for ''Une année étrangère'' * 2014 –

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* 2022 –

for ''Vivre vite''

Nominations

* 2001 –

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(Selection) for ''À présent'' * 2001 –

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(Selection) for ''À présent'' * 2004 –

(Selection) for ''Marée noire'' * 2009 –

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(finalist) for ''Une année étrangère'' * 2011 –

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(finalist) for ''Pas d'inquiétude'' * 2013 –

(Selection) for ''Avoir un corps'' * 2015 –

(finalist) for ''Nous serons des héros'' * 2017 –

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(finalist) for ''Un loup pour l'homme'' * 2017 –

(Selection) for ''Un loup pour l'homme'' * 2017 –

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(Selection) for ''Un loup pour l'homme'' * 2017 – Prix du style (Selection) for ''Un loup pour l'homme'' * 2017 –

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(Selection) for ''Un loup pour l'homme''

References

External links

Page on the website of her publisher

Brigitte Giraud
on Auterus en Rhône -Alpes
Brigitte Giraud's blog

''Entretien avec Brigitte Giraud, directrice de la collection « la forêt » (Stock)''

Brigitte Giraud
on Confluences, rencontres littéraires
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on Babelio {{DEFAULTSORT:Giraud, Brigitte 1960 births Living people 20th-century French novelists 20th-century French women writers 21st-century French novelists 21st-century French women writers French short story writers French women novelists French women short story writers Officiers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres People from Sidi Bel Abbès Prix Goncourt winners Prix Goncourt de la nouvelle recipients Writers from Lyon