Jakuta Alikavazovic

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Jakuta Alikavazovic (born 6 October 1979 in Paris) is a French writer. Her debut novel Corps volatils was awarded the prix Goncourt du premier roman. In 2021, her latest novel Night As It Falls [1] was published in the United Kingdom by Faber & Faber.

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Biography

A former student of the École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay, she holds an agrégation de Lettres degree.

In 2010, her second novel Le Londres-Louxor received a very enthusiastic welcome from the press and found itself in the selection of the Prix du Livre Inter. In 2012, she published La Blonde et le Bunker, which won the special mention of the jury of the Prix Wepler. Her fourth novel L'avancée de la nuit, published in 2017, was shortlisted for Le Monde's literary prize, the Prix Médicis, the Prix Femina and the Prix du Livre Inter. She won the 2021 Prix Médicis essai for Comme un ciel en nous. [2]

Her books are translated into English, Italian, German and Chinese.

She has a monthly column in the national daily newspaper Libération. Her work has been published in Granta, Nouvelle Revue Française and El Malpensante.

She also wrote three books for children published by L'École des loisirs  [ fr ] and has translated several books from English including works from David Foster Wallace, Anna Burns and Ben Lerner.

Work

Novels

Short stories

Journals and collective works

Books for children

Prizes and distinctions

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References

  1. "Fiction | Night as It Falls by Jakuta Alikavazovic". www.thelondonmagazine.org. 4 February 2021. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  2. Contreras, Isabel; Faidherbe, Thomas (26 October 2021). "Le prix Médicis 2021 couronne Christine Angot". Livres Hebdo (in French). Retrieved 12 November 2021.