Élise Fontenaille-N'Diaye

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Élise Fontenaille-N'Diaye (2011)

Élise Fontenaille-N'Diaye (born on August 16, 1960 in Nancy , Meurthe-et-Moselle ) is a French writer . She is known as the author of historical novels , youth literature and science fiction . For her science fiction novel Unica , she was awarded the Prix ​​du Lundi in 2007 and the Prix ​​Rosny aîné in 2008 .

Life

Fontenaille studied sociology and ethnology in Bordeaux and Toulouse and then became a journalist in Paris . She subsequently lived in Vancouver , Canada, for two years , years which, as she herself says, were decisive for her development as a writer, which is also reflected in the fact that the city of Vancouver forms the background for several of Fontenaille's novels. However, this only became apparent in retrospect. During her time in Canada, she worked as an unofficial press officer for the French consul, providing him with carefully selected information.

After returning to Paris, she worked for various magazines and gave birth to two sons. Because of insubordination released, she was in the next phase of unemployment the leisure to write her first novel in the hammam of the Paris Mosque plays where parts were also written the book. La Gommeuse was published in 1997 by Grasset et Fasquelle . Since then Fontenaille has published around three dozen books, around two thirds of which are books for young people and adolescents. Your work has received numerous awards.

Awards

  • 2006 Prix ​​Jackie-Bouquin , Prix ​​de l'Académie littéraire de Bretagne et des Pays de la Loire and Feuille d'or de la ville de Nancy for Brûlements
  • 2007 Prix ​​du Lundi for Unica
  • 2008 Prix ​​Rosny aîné for Unica
  • 2010 Prix ​​Erckmann-Chatrian for Les Disparues de Vancouver
  • 2011 Prix ​​escales littéraires (prix des jeunes en lycée professionnel d'Auvergne) for Les Disparues de Vancouver
  • 2011 Prix ​​littéraire des lycées professionnels du Haut-Rhin for La Cérémonie d'hiver
  • 2011 Prix ​​12/17 de la Foire du livre de Brive-la-Gaillarde for Le Garçon qui volait des avions
  • 2012 Prix ​​littéraire des MFR (Maisons Familiales Rurales de Maine-et-Loire) for Le Garçon qui volait des avions
  • 2014 Prix ​​NRP de littérature jeunesse for Les Trois Sœurs et le dictateur

bibliography

Novels
  • La Gommeuse (1997)
  • Le Palais de la femme (1999)
  • Demain les filles on va tuer papa (2001)
  • L'Enfant rouge (2002)
  • Brûlements (2005)
  • Unica (2006)
  • L'Aérostat (2008)
  • Les Disparues de Vancouver (2010)
  • L'Homme qui haïssait les femmes (2011)
  • Le Palais de mémoire (2011)
  • Ma vie précaire (2012)
  • La Révolte d'Éva (2015)
  • Blue book (2015, as Élise Fontenaille-N'Diaye)
  • Bel-Ordure (2016)
Youth books
  • Un koala dans la tête (2009)
  • Chasseur d'orages (2009)
  • L'Été à Pékin (2010)
  • La Cérémonie d'hiver (2010)
  • La Reine des chats (2010, illustrated by Celine Le Gouai)
  • Le Garçon qui volait des avions (2011)
  • Le Soleil et la mort (2011)
  • Les Poings sur les îles (2011)
  • Pour un carré de chocolat (2012, with Clarisse Buono, illustrated by Janik Coat)
  • Les Trois Sœurs et le dictateur (2013)
  • Ziza dans l'oasis; Zizou au désert (2014, illustrated by Marta Orzel)
  • La Cité des filles-choisies (2014)
  • Banksy et moi (2014)
    • German edition: Banksy et moi: vocabulaire par Laure Boivin. Klett-Verlag, Stuttgart 2017, ISBN 978-3-12-592302-7 .
  • Eben ou Les yeux de la nuit (2015, as Élise Fontenaille-N'Diaye)
  • La Dernière Reine d'Ayiti (2016)
  • Kill the Indian in the Child (2017)
  • Les Filles de l'Aigle (2017, illustrated by Quentin Duckit)
  • Une enquête de Lili & Mado (2018, illustrated by Stephanie Marchal)
  • Alcatraz Indian Land (2018)
  • L Extraordinaire voyage du chat de Mossoul raconté par lui-même (2018)
  • Dorothy Counts: Elles ont osé - affronter la haine raciale (2019)

Web links

Commons : Élise Fontenaille  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "j'étais attachée de presse sauvage - au noir - pour le consul de France: je lui mitonnais des revues de presse au p'tits oignons." Elise Fontenaille ( Memento of April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ^ Elise Fontenaille ( Memento of April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), autobiographical text.
  3. ↑ Le Goncourt lorrain draw à Élise Fontenaille , article in L'Est Republicain of April 11, 2011, accessed on August 20, 2019.
  4. ↑ Elise Fontenaille, Laureate, 2010-2011 du Prix Escales littéraires , accessed on August 19, 2019
  5. ↑ Lauréats du prix 12-17 , official site, accessed on August 19, 2019
  6. ↑ Lauréats 2014-2015 , official site, accessed August 19, 2019
  7. ↑ Interviews of the 3 lauréats du prix NRP , official site, January 2015, accessed on August 19, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Fontenaille-N'Diaye, Élise
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fontenaille, Élise
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French writer
DATE OF BIRTH August 16, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Nancy , Meurthe-et-Moselle department , France