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 it is judged by a panel of journalists. It is awarded yearly in November, at the Café de Flore in Paris. T ...

in 2013. Published in 2022, ''La vie clandestine'' combines an exploration of the militant group Action Directe with a personal history from her childhood and was long-listed for the

Prix Goncourt The 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 of only 10 euros, but resul ...

and the

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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'',

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

References

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