Agnès Laroche

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Agnès Laroche
Born(1965-12-01)1 December 1965
Paris, France
Died11 February 2023(2023-02-11) (aged 57)
NationalityFrench
Occupation(s)Author
Novelist

Agnès Laroche (1 December 1965 – 11 February 2023) was a French author and novelist. [1]

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Biography

Born in Paris on 1 December 1965, Laroche wrote numerous fictional works to be broadcast on the radio and youth novels published in children's press. [2] She wrote her first book at the age of 43. [3] Prior to her career as an author, she worked in professional integration for 20 years. [3] Since then, she wrote approximately 40 books. [3] She primarily wrote out of her home in Angoulême. [3] She was married and was the mother of three children. [4]

In 2015, Laroche was awarded the Prix des Incorruptibles  [ fr ] for her youth novel, Rue des petits singes. [5] That same year, she won the Prix Mon ami for Le fantôme de Sarah Fisher.

Laroche died after a long illness on 11 February 2023, at the age of 57. [6]

Works

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References

  1. ↑ "Mme ROUZAUT-LAROCHE Agnès". Charente Libre (in French).
  2. ↑ "Agnès Laroche". Prix des Incorruptibles (in French). Archived from the original on 17 December 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Laroche, Agnès (28 March 2019). "Interview d'Agnès Laroche". Festival de Littérature Jeunesse de la médiathèque Loire et Nohain (Interview).
  4. ↑ "Agnès Laroche". ricochet-jeunes.org (in French). Archived from the original on 17 December 2013.
  5. ↑ "Palmarès 2015". Centre national de la littérature pour la jeunesse (in French).
  6. ↑ De Sepausy, Victor (13 February 2023). "Décès d'Agnès Laroche, autrice d'albums et romans jeunesse". ActuaLitté (in French). Retrieved 13 February 2023.
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