Clara Dupont-Monod (born 7 October 1973, in Paris) is a French journalist and woman of letters. She was awarded the

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in 2021.

Journalism

She began her career as a journalist for the magazine ''

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'', joining the staff of ''

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'' as a senior reporter at age 24. In 2007, she became editor-in-chief of the cultural pages of ''Marianne''. At the same time, she regularly conducted interviews that were broadcast on

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radio in the programme and presented by . On 31 August 2009, Dupont-Monod joined the staff of the ' programme on

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. In the autumn of 2011, she was one of the columnists of the radio show ''Les Affranchis'' on

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. At the beginning of 2012, she presented the literary programme ''Clara et les chics livres'', every Saturday on France Inter, accompanied by two columnists. During the year 2013-2014, she conducted the political interview of 7:50 of the matinale on France Inter, presented by , replacing . At the beginning of 2014, she was replaced by

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. Since September 2014, Dupont-Monod has been hosting a literary column in the news programme on France Inter.

Novels

Dupont-Monod has also written several novels. Her first work, ''Eova Luciole'', was published in 1998. Her novel ''La Folie du roi Marc'' explores the forgotten husband of Yseut, drawn from the myth of

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. ''Histoire d'une prostituée'' tells about the daily life and character of a prostitute, whom the writer met and followed for a year. Her fourth novel, ''La Passion selon Juette'' (2007), describes the struggle of a twelfth-century woman who refuses the dictates of a world in which women were constrained by an all-powerful Church. She drew from the biography of Yvette of Huy, written in medieval Latin by her friend, the religious Hugues de Floreffe. This novel was awarded the prix Laurent-Bonelli Virgin-Lire in its first year. The novel was nominated to the

s list. It was a finalist on the short list of nominations for the 2007

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. In 2011 she published ''Nestor rend les armes'', a novel about an obese man. This novel was a finalist in the first selection for the 2011

. On 4 December 2014 Dupont-Monod was awarded the prize of the magazine ', for her book on

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, ''Le roi disait que j'étais diable''. It was also awarded the

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. In 2021, she published ''And the Stones Cry Out'' (), a novel about siblings and disability. It was a finalist in the second selection for the 2021

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, and was awarded the 2021 Prix Femina.

Bibliography

Novels

*1998: ''Eova Luciole'',

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, *2000: ''La folie du roi Marc'', Grasset, *2003: ''Histoire d'une prostituée'', Grasset, *2007: ''La Passion selon Juette'', Grasset, *2008: (Collaboration ) Bains de nuit, with Catherine Guetta (author),

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*2011: ''Nestor rend les armes'', Paris, Sabine Wespieser Éditeur, *2014: ''Le roi disait que j’étais diable'', Grasset, , Prix Maurice Genevoix *2018: ''La Révolte'',

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, *2021: ''S'adapter'', Éditions Stock, ,

**2024: ''And the Stones Cry Out'',

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Video

* (Co-screenwriter) ''Sans état d'âme'', 2008, TF1

References

External links

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