Brigitte Giraud
French writer
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Brigitte Giraud (French pronunciation: [bʁiʒit ʒiʁo]; born 1960, Sidi-Bel-Abbès in Algeria) is a French writer, author of novels and short stories. She was awarded the 2022 Prix Goncourt for her autobiographical novel Vivre vite (English: Live Fast).[1]
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Giraud in 2017 | |
| Born | 1960 (age 65–66) Sidi-Bel-Abbès, French Algeria |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Language | French |
| Years active | 1997–present |
| Notable awards | Prix Goncourt (2022) |
Early life
Career
Giraud has worked as a bookseller, translator and journalist.[2] For her first book, La chambre des parents (1997), she received the Prix Littéraire des Étudiants and for Nico, her second novel, the Prix Lettres frontière Rhône-Alpes.[5] In 2001, she received a special mention for the Wepler Prize for À présent.[6] She won the Goncourt short story prize in 2007 for her collection L'amour est très surestimé (English: Love Is Very Overrated),[7] then the Grand Prix Jean Giono for Une année étrangère (English: A Year Abroad) in 2009.[8]
On 3 November 2022, she was awarded the 2022 Prix Goncourt for Vivre vite, a récit about the death of her husband, Claude, in a motorbike crash in 1999 at the age of 41.[9] She is the thirteenth woman to receive the Goncourt since the prize's establishment in 1903.[10] Giraud won after the jury underwent fourteen rounds of voting, the maximum amount permitted. The final vote ended in a stalemate and, in accordance with the rules, the president of the Goncourt Academy cast a deciding vote, selecting Giraud's novel over Giuliano da Empoli's The Wizard of the Kremlin (Le mage du Kremlin).[11]
Personal life
Works
Novels and narratives (récits)
- 1997: La chambre des parents, Fayard
- 1999: Nico, Stock
- 2001: À présent, Stock
- 2004: Marée noire, Stock
- 2005: J'apprends, Stock
- 2009: Une année étrangère, Stock
- 2011: Pas d'inquiétude, Stock
- 2013: Avoir un corps, Stock
- 2015: Nous serons des héros, Stock
- 2017: Un loup pour l'homme, Flammarion
- 2019: Jour de courage, Flammarion
- 2022: Vivre vite, Flammarion (winner of the Prix Goncourt)
- 2022: Porté disparu, l'École des loisirs
Short stories
Collections
- 2007: L'amour est très surestimé, Stock ISBN 9782234059252 -Goncourt de la nouvelle 2007 - Bourse Goncourt de la Nouvelle.
- 2010: Avec les garçons, followed by Le Garçon, J'ai lu, ISBN 9782290027325
Participation
- 2004: "Bowling" in Tout sera comme avant, collectif, Verticales, ISBN 2-84335-198-7 - after eponymous album by Dominique A
- 2004: One short story in Dix ans sous la Bleue, collective, Stock
Adaptations
- 2011: Pas d'inquietude, TV movie directed by Thierry Binisti and starring Isabelle Carré[13]
Awards and honours
- 1997 – Prix Littéraire des Étudiants for La Chambre des parents
- 2000 – Prix Lettres frontière Rhône-Alpes for Nico
- 2007 – Prix Goncourt de la nouvelle for L'amour est très surestimé
- 2009 – Prix du jury Jean-Giono for Une année étrangère
- 2014 –
Officier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres[14] - 2022 – Prix Goncourt for Vivre vite[1]
Nominations
- 2001 – Prix Femina (Selection) for À présent
- 2001 – Prix du Livre Inter (Selection) for À présent
- 2004 – Prix du Livre Inter (Selection) for Marée noire
- 2009 – Prix Fémina (finalist) for Une année étrangère
- 2011 – Prix Medicis (finalist) for Pas d'inquiétude
- 2013 – Prix Femina (Selection) for Avoir un corps
- 2015 – Prix Fémina (finalist) for Nous serons des héros
- 2017 – Prix Goncourt des lycéens (finalist) for Un loup pour l'homme[15]
- 2017 – Prix Goncourt (Selection) for Un loup pour l'homme
- 2017 – Prix Femina (Selection) for Un loup pour l'homme
- 2017 – Prix Médicis (Selection) for Un loup pour l'homme
- 2017 – Prix du style (Selection) for Un loup pour l'homme
- 2017 – Prix des Deux Magots (Selection) for Un loup pour l'homme