Céline Curiol (born 1975) is a French journalist and writer.

Biography

She was born in

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and was educated at the École supérieure des techniques avancées and the Sorbonne. Curiol moved to

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where she was a correspondent for the

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and ''

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''. In 2005, she published her first novel, ''Voix sans issue '' (Voice over), which was translated into 15 languages. It was a winner of the French Voices Award, and a finalist for the

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and the

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in 2009. In 2008, Curiol was a resident of the prestigious Villa Kujoyama in

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. She has also lived in

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and

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. Since then, she has published a dozen novels and essays, including an acclaimed memoire on depression, ''Un Quinze août à Paris'', and an ambitious novel of multiple voices, taking place during 2015 in Paris and questioning revolutionary potentials in contemporary western societies. She currently teaches creative writing, media and communication at

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, Telecom ParisTech and

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in Paris.

Selected works

* ''Permission'', novel (2007) * ''Route rouge'', travelogue (2007) * ''Voice Over'', novel, translated by Sam Richard (2008) * ''Exil intermédiaire'', novel (2009) * ''L'ardeur des pierres'', novel (2012) *''A vue de nez'', essay (2013) * ''Un Quinze août à Paris'', essay (2014) *''Les Vieux ne pleurent jamais'', novel (2016) *''La posture du pêcheur'', novella (2021) *''Les Lois de l'ascension'', novel (2021)

References

1975 births Living people 21st-century French novelists French journalists {{France-journalist-stub