Monica Sabolo (born 27 July 1971 in

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) is a French writer and journalist.

Biography

Sabolo grew up in

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and now lives in

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. As a journalist, she was editor of ''

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''. Her book ''Tout cela n'a rien à voir avec moi'' won the

Prix de Flore The Prix de Flore is a French literary prize founded in 1994 by Frédéric Beigbeder. The aim of the prize is to reward youthful authors and is judged by a panel of journalists. It is awarded yearly in November, at the Café de Flore in Paris. The ...

in 2013. Published in 2022, ''La vie clandestine'' combines an exploration of the militant group

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with a personal history from her childhood and was long-listed for the

Prix Goncourt The Prix Goncourt (french: Le 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 o ...

and the

Prix Renaudot The Prix Théophraste-Renaudot or Prix Renaudot () is a French literary award. History The prize was created in 1926 by ten art critics awaiting the results of deliberation of the jury of the Prix Goncourt. While not officially related to the ...

Books

* ''Le Roman de Lili'', éditions Jean-Claude Lattès, 2000, 188 p. * ''Jungle'', éditions JC Lattès, 2005, 299 p. * ''Tout cela n'a rien à voir avec moi'', éditions JC Lattès, 2013, 153 p. * ''Crans-Montana'', éditions JC Lattès, 2015, 240 p. * ''Summer'', éditions JC Lattès, 2017, 320 p. * ''Éden'',

éditions Gallimard Éditions Gallimard (; formerly Éditions de la Nouvelle Revue Française (1911–1919) and Librairie Gallimard (1919–1961) is one of the leading French book publishers. In 2003 it and its subsidiaries published 1,418 titles. Founded by Gast ...

, 2019, 288 p. * ''La Vie clandestine'', Gallimard, 2022, 336 p.

References

Living people 21st-century French novelists 1971 births {{France-novelist-stub