Ariane Le Fort

Ariane Le Fort
Born	(1960-06-18) 18 June 1960 (age 65) Mons, Belgium
Occupation	Writer
Nationality	Belgian
Alma mater	Goshen College Université libre de Bruxelles
Notable awards	Prix Victor-Rossel (2003)
Children	2

Ariane Le Fort (born 18 June 1960) is a Belgian writer. ^[1]

Biography

The daughter of a Swiss father and a Belgian mother, she was born in Mons and grew up there and in Brussels. She studied Latin and Greek at the Athénée Royal de Rixensart, then spent a year at Goshen College in Indiana and went on to study journalism and communications at the Université libre de Bruxelles. ^[2] Le Fort has worked as a journalist, as a librarian, as a retail clerk in a book store and as a homework tutor. She is also mother of two children ^[3] and teaches writing. Le Fort works hard to balance these activities with her writing. ^[4]

Selected works

• L'eau froide efface les rêves, novel (1989)
• Comment font les autres?, novel (1994)
• Rassurez-vous, tout le monde a peur, novel (1999)
• Beau-fils, novel (2003), received the Prix Victor-Rossel
• On ne va pas se quitter comme ça ?, novel (2010)
• Avec plaisir, François, novel (2013)

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References

1. "Ariane Le Fort". Culture. Université de Liège.
2. "Ariane Le Fort" (in French). Service du Livre Luxembourgeois.
3. "Ariane Le Fort, le plaisir d'être immorale en toute impunité". Le Soir (in French). May 31, 1999.
4. "Ariane Le Fort". Ministère de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles.