Céline Minard (born 1969 in
Rouen
Rouen (, ; or ) is a city on the River Seine, in northwestern France. It is in the prefecture of Regions of France, region of Normandy (administrative region), Normandy and the Departments of France, department of Seine-Maritime. Formerly one ...
) is a French writer.
Biography
After studying philosophy, she devoted herself to the work of writing, sometimes collaborating with visual artists. Her work would mark "the return of pure and hard fiction in the French literary landscape".
In 2007 and 2008, she was a resident of the
Villa Médicis
The Villa Medici () is a sixteenth-century Italian Mannerist villa and an architectural complex with 7-hectare Italian garden, contiguous with the more extensive Borghese gardens, on the Pincian Hill next to Trinità dei Monti in the historic c ...
in Rome. In 2011, she was a resident of
Villa Kujoyama in
Kyoto
Kyoto ( or ; Japanese language, Japanese: , ''Kyōto'' ), officially , is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan's largest and most populous island of Honshu. , the city had a population of 1.46 million, making it t ...
in Japan.
In 2008, her 4th novel, ''Bastard Battle'', was rewarded with a special mention by the jury of the
Prix Wepler.
In 2011, she received the prestigious
Franz-Hessel-Preis
Franz-Hessel-Preis or Franz Hessel Prize for Contemporary Literature is a literary prize of France and Germany for French and German authors. The prize was created as a tribute to the writer and translator Franz Hessel.
This Franco-German prize i ...
for ''So Long Luise''. With ''Faillir être flingué'', she was rewarded with several prizes including the in 2013 and the
Prix du Livre Inter in 2014.
Works
*2004: ''R.'', Comp'Act.
*2005: ''La Manadologie'', Musica Falsa Éditions
*2007: ''Le Dernier Monde'',
Denoël.
*2008: ''Bastard battle'', , coll. « Laureli »
*2010: ''Olimpia'', Denoël
*2011: ''So long, Luise'', Denoël
*2011: ''Les Ales'', in collaboration with scomparo,
Cambourakis
*2013: ''Faillir être flingué'', Payot & Rivages.
*2014: ''KA TA'', emballé by scomparo, Rivages
*2016: ''Le Grand Jeu'', Rivages
*2021: ''Plasmas''
Distinctions
* Special mention of the
Prix Wepler 2008 for ''Bastard battle''
* Franz-Hessel Prize 2011 for ''So long, Luise''
* Prix Virilo 2013 for ''Faillir être flingué''
* Prix du Style 2013 for ''Faillir être flingué''
*
Prix du Livre Inter 2014 for ''Faillir être flingué''
* Sélection
Prix Mauvais genres 2013 for ''Faillir être flingué''.
References
External links
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''Céline Minard''at Matthes & Seitz
''Céline Minard''at
Berlin International Literature Festival, 2014
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21st-century French non-fiction writers
Prix du Livre Inter winners
Chevaliers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
1969 births
Writers from Rouen
Living people
21st-century French women writers