Laurel Zuckerman (born 1960) is an American author based near
Paris, France.
Biography
Zuckerman is originally from
Scottsdale, Arizona, but now lives in
France. She graduated from the
HEC School of Management, a French business school. Until 2002, she worked in information technology. When the
dot.com bubble burst, she decided to become an English teacher.
She first became widely known after publication of her controversial French novel ''Sorbonne Confidential'' (
Fayard, 2007), a fictionalized account (with a strong autobiographical basis) of an American trying to obtain the ''
agrégation
In France, the ''agrégation'' () is a competitive examination for civil service in the French public education system. Candidates for the examination, or ''agrégatifs'', become ''agrégés'' once they are admitted to the position of ''professe ...
'' (a competitive recruitment examination of the
French Civil Service) in order to become an English teacher in the French public
education system. The book is harshly critical of the French system and has generated considerable debate. The English version of the novel was published in 2009.
Her most recent novel is ''Professor Collie's Barbarian Dreams'' (
Fayard, 2009), a humorous story about a historian so obsessed with the past that he forgets he lives in the present.
Married, with two children, Zuckerman lives in
Bry-sur-Marne,
France, and is a former member of the local city council. She is also the editor of Paris Writers News.
References
External links
Profile of Laurel Zuckermann The Times of London
From Paris: Books with French Twists Huffington Post
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Book Review of ''Sorbonne Confidential'' Education Review ''Interview with Laurel Zuckerman, Sorbonne Confidential'' BBC Radio, The World in Words program, episode 55
''Interview with Laurel Zuckerman, All I Wanted to do Was Teach English'' UCLA Radio
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with Laurel Zuckerman, English Might Not be a Bad Thing'' UCLA Radio
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Laurel Zuckerman Weblog Interview with Laurel Zuckerman Le Nouvel Observateur My English is Poor Le Nouvel Observateur Review of ''Sorbonne Confidential''in
L'Express (France)
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History ...
Magazine
Interview with Laurel Zuckermanon
Radio France Internationale Review of ''Sorbonne Confidential''in
Le Point
''Le Point'' () is a French weekly political and news magazine published in Paris.
History and profile
''Le Point'' was founded in September 1972 by a group of journalists who had, one year earlier, left the editorial team of '' L'Express'', w ...
Magazine
Interview with Laurel Zuckermanin
Le Point
''Le Point'' () is a French weekly political and news magazine published in Paris.
History and profile
''Le Point'' was founded in September 1972 by a group of journalists who had, one year earlier, left the editorial team of '' L'Express'', w ...
Magazine: ''La faute à l'agreg?''
Review of ''Sorbonne Confidential''in
Le Monde
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1960 births
Living people
American women novelists
American emigrants to France
21st-century American novelists
21st-century American women writers