Myriam Anissimov (born 1943 in

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, Switzerland) is a French writer. She is the author of several biographies, including of

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, ''Tragedy of an Optimist'' (Overlook Press) and

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, as well as many novels and a book for young adults. Anissimov wrote the preface to the first French publication of ''Suite Francaise'', the publication of which led to Némirovsky's posthumous fame. Denise Epstein, Némirovsky's daughter, first approached Anissimov with the manuscripts which she was planning to donate to an archive, when Anissimov urged her to submit them for publication instead, and put her in contact with Olivier Rubinstein, head of Denoël. Anissimov has described herself as "A

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writer in French".

Prizes and honors

Myriam Anissimov has received four grants from the National Center for Letters, the prize of the Anaïs-Segalas Foundation of the

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in 1983 for ''La Marida'', the Jean-Freustié prize in 200 for her novel ''Sa majesté la mort'',Article ''Le Point'' 10 March 2000.
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in 2018 for her novel ''Les Yeux bordés de reconnaissance''.Prix Roland de Jouvenel
on the French Academy website She has been a member of the order of Arts and Letters since 1992.

References

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