Alice Ferney

Alice Ferney in Paris (2010)

Alice Ferney , actually Cécile Brossollet (born November 21, 1961 in Paris ) is a French writer .

life and career

Ferney studied between 1981 and 1984 at the École supérieure des sciences économiques et commerciales (ESSEC) and then moved to the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) to do a doctorate . After successfully completing her degree, she was appointed Maître de conférences at the University of Orléans . Her work and research focuses on gender studies ( femininity , homosexuality , motherhood ). Ferney also got involved in the controversial same-sex marriage . Together with over fifty women, she published a statement in the form of an open letter .

Honors

• 1997: Prix ​​Culture et Bibliothèques pour tous
• 2004: Prix ​​Claude-Farrère

Works (selection)

• Les autres. Novel . Actes Sud, Arles 2006, ISBN 2-7427-6258-2 .
• Cherchez la femme. Novel . Actes Sud, Arles 2013, ISBN 978-2-330-01840-5 .
• Dans la guerre. Novel . Actes Sud, Arles 2003, ISBN 2-7427-4439-8 .
• Grace et denuement. Novel . Actes Sud, Arles 1997, ISBN 2-7427-2882-1 .
• A chain of beautiful women. Roman (L'élegance des veuves, 1995). Rowohlt, Reinbek 1997, ISBN 3-499-13965-0 .
• Lovers. Roman (La conversation amoureuse, 2000). Dumont, Cologne 2001, ISBN 3-7701-5633-1 .
• Paradis conjugal. Novel . Albin Michel, Paris 2008, ISBN 978-2-226-18841-0 .
• Passé sous silence. Novel . Actes Sud, Arles 2010, ISBN 978-2-7427-9212-2 .
• Le ventre de la fée. Roam . Actes Sud, Arles 1993, ISBN 2-7427-0044-7 .

literature

• Maria C. Queiroz de Moraes Pinto: Clarice Lispector e Alice Ferney. Affinidades e dissonancias de um Findero amoroso . Dissertation 2008.

Web links

Commons : Alice Ferney  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ u. a. with Éliette Abecassis (* 1969), Marie-Anne Frison-Roche (* 1959) and Nathalie Heinich (* 1955).