Paule Constant (born 25 January 1944 in

Gan, Pyrénées-Atlantiques Gan (; ) is a commune located in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, in the south-west of France. Gan station has rail connections to Pau, Oloron-Sainte-Marie and Bedous. Its mayor has been Mr Francis Pèes (Right Wing ; also Vice Presiden ...

) is a French

novelist A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often novelists also write in other genres of both fiction and non-fiction. Some novelists are professional novelists, thus make a living wage, living writing novels and other fiction, while other ...

. She graduated from

Paris-Sorbonne University Paris-Sorbonne University (also known as Paris IV; ) was a public university, public research university in Paris, France, active from 1971 to 2017. It was the main inheritor of the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Paris. In 2018, it m ...

, with a Ph.D.

Awards

* 1998

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 ...

for '' Confidence pour confidence''. * 1989 Grand prize for the novel

Académie française An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of tertiary education. The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 386 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the go ...

Works

English translations

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Novels

* ''Ouregano'', 1980, Gallimard * ''Propriété privée'', 1981, Gallimard * ''Balta'', 1983, Gallimard * ''Un monde à l'usage des demoiselles'', 1987, Gallimard * ''White Spirit'', 1989, Gallimard * ''Le Grand Ghâpal'', 1991, Gallimard - Prix Jackie Bouquin * ''La Fille du Gobernator'', 1994, Gallimard * '' Confidence pour confidence'', 1998, Gallimard, * ''Sucre et secret'', 2003, Gallimard, * ''La bête à chagrin: roman'', 2007, Gallimard,

Television documentaries

* for

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: ''l'Education des Jeunes Filles de la Légion d'Honneur'' (1992); * for La 5 : in the series ''Mon héros préféré'': "la Princesse de Clèves" (1996); * for

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: in the series ''Les grands fleuves racontés par des écrivains'': "L'Amazone" (1997); * for La 5 : - in the series ''Galilée'' : "Paule Constant sur les traces de Jean Giono" (2001).

External links

Author's website
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