Anna Gavalda
Anna Gavalda (born December 9, 1970 in Boulogne-Billancourt ) is a French writer and journalist . The total circulation of her books is around five million in France alone.
life and career
Anna Gavalda grew up in the country with three siblings. She studied literature in Paris and became famous with stories entitled I wish that someone is waiting for me somewhere in the small publisher Le Dilettante in the 13th arrondissement of Paris. After the resounding success of these stories, for which she received the Grand Prix RTL-Lire in 2000, the mother of two gave up her job as a French teacher in a private school.
Her first novel I have loved her has an autobiographical reference: Chloé, who is abandoned by her husband with her two children, spends a few days with her father-in-law in his country house. He tries to comfort her by telling her about a long-time love affair of his own. The novel was filmed in 2009 with Daniel Auteuil . Her second novel Together we are less alone became a bestseller in France. It describes the coexistence of four completely different people in one apartment. This novel was made into a film with Audrey Tautou .
Her third novel, La consolante , was published on March 11, 2008 by “Le Dilettante” and immediately topped the Amazon France bestseller list . Last Gavalda wrote on the initiative of the French book club France Loisirs with other users on the supposedly first world Facebook - Roman .
Anna Gavalda now writes for Elle magazine and lives with her two children on a farm in Melun near Paris. She doesn't read the newspaper, doesn't listen to the radio, and doesn't own a television.
Works
Short stories
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I wish someone was waiting for me somewhere . Stories. (Je voudrais que quelqu'un m'attende quelque part) 2000 ISBN 3-596-15802-8
- Excerpt from: The weather is nice, and so is life . Narrative. (Clic Clac) 2007 ISBN 3-8363-0059-1
- Ceux qui savent comprendront . 2000
- Nouvelles à chute . Collectif Magnard, 2004
- From tomorrow everything will be different . (La vie en mieux) Translated by Ina Kronenberger. Hanser, Munich 2017 ISBN 978-3-44625049-9
Novels
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I loved her . (Je l'aimais) Translator: Ina Kronenberger. 2003 ISBN 3-446-20268-4
- Review: Critique of Criticism or: Translated Literature as a Problem of Criticism . Hans Theo Siepe on the translation and the means by which German literary criticism evaluates the book. ReLÜ , Review Journal , 1, 2005
- Together you are less alone . (Ensemble, c'est tout) Translated by Ina Kronenberger. 2005 ISBN 3-446-20612-4
- A leurs bons cœurs. (with Régis Momenteau) Cheminements, 2005
- All happiness never comes . (La consolante) Translated by Ina Kronenberger. 2008 ISBN 978-3-446-23057-6
- A free day . Translated by Ina Kronenberger. 2010 ISBN 978-3-446-23489-5 (L 'échappée belle, 2001; revised 2009)
- Only those who fall learn to fly. (Billie) Translator: Ina Kronenberger. Hanser, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-446-24595-2
Children's books
- 35 kilos of hope . Children's / youth book. (35 kilos d'espoir) Illustr. Claas Janssen, translator Ursula Schregel. 2005 ISBN 3-8270-5107-X
Translations
- John Williams : Stoner . Le Dilettante, Paris 2011
Film adaptations
- 2007: Together you are less alone
- 2009: I loved her
Awards and nominations
- 1998 Prize of the writing competition of the city of Melun
- 1998 Prix Icare d'Issy-les-Moulineaux
- 1998 Prix de la Ville de Saint-Quentin
- 2000 Grand Prix RTL-Lire (I wish that someone would be waiting for me somewhere)
- 2005 nominated for the German Youth Literature Prize (35 kilos of hope)
Web links
- Literature by and about Anna Gavalda in the catalog of the German National Library
- Author's website about Anna Gavalda from Hanser Verlag. In: anna-gavalda.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Delphine Peras: Anna Gavalda - La Discrète. In: lexpress.fr , April 1, 2008, accessed August 9, 2014 (French)
- ↑ Katrin Hummel: There is a novel in every person. In: faz.net , July 26, 2014, accessed August 9, 2014
- ↑ Kronenberger in the translator database of the VdÜ, 2019
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gavalda, Anna |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French writer and journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 9, 1970 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Boulogne-Billancourt |