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[[image:BrigitteGiraud,2012.JPG|thumb|Brigitte Giraud, at salon du livre 2012]]
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'''Brigitte Giraud''' (born 1960, [[Sidi-Bel-Abbès]] in Algeria) is a French writer, author of novels ands and short stories.
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| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1960}}
| birth_place = [[Sidi-Bel-Abbès]], French Algeria
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| awards = [[Prix Goncourt]] (2022)
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'''Brigitte Giraud''' ({{IPA|fr|bʁiʒit ʒiʁo}}; born 1960, [[Sidi-Bel-Abbès]] in Algeria) is a French writer, author of novels and short stories. She was awarded the 2022 [[Prix Goncourt]] for her [[autobiographical novel]] ''Vivre vite'' (English: ''Live Fast'').<ref name="guardian2022"/>


==Early life==
After childhood and youth in the banlieue of Lyon, she studied English and German and worked as a bookseller, translator and journalist. For her first book ''La chambre des parents'' (1997), she received the "Prix Littéraire des Étudiants" and for ''Nico'' the "Prix Lettres frontière". She now lives near Lyon.
Born in 1960,<ref name=LeFigEvene>{{cite web|url=http://evene.lefigaro.fr/celebre/biographie/brigitte-giraud-27487.php|title=Brigitte Giraud|website=Evene.fr|date=1960 |publisher=[[Le Figaro]]|language=fr|access-date=10 November 2022}}</ref> Brigitte Giraud grew up in [[Rillieux-la-Pape]], [[France]], before settling in nearby [[Lyon]].<ref name="tribunedelyon">{{cite news|last=Beaugé|first=Mathilde|date=3 November 2022|title=La Lyonnaise Brigitte Giraud reçoit le prix Goncourt 2022|url=https://tribunedelyon.fr/culture/la-lyonnaise-brigitte-giraud-recoit-le-prix-goncourt-2022/|newspaper=Tribune de Lyon|language=fr|access-date=10 November 2022}}</ref> She has studied [[English language|English]], [[German language|German]] and [[Arabic]].<ref>{{cite news|date=3 November 2022|title=Brigitte Giraud, au nom du mari|url=https://www.france24.com/fr/info-en-continu/20221103-brigitte-giraud-au-nom-du-mari|publisher=[[France 24]]|agency=[[Agence-France Presse|AFP]]|language=fr|access-date=10 November 2022}}</ref>

==Career==
Giraud has worked as a [[Bookselling|bookseller]], [[Translation|translator]] and [[journalist]].<ref name=LeFigEvene /> For her first book, ''La chambre des parents'' (1997), she received the Prix Littéraire des Étudiants and for ''Nico'', her second novel, the Prix Lettres frontière Rhône-Alpes.<ref>{{cite web |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> | title=Nous Serons des Héros | publisher=Lettres Frontières | url=https://www.lettresfrontiere.net/livres/nouseronsdesheros/ | access-date=2023-05-31}}</ref> In 2001, she received a special mention for the [[Prix Wepler|Wepler Prize]] for ''À présent.''<ref name="monde2001">{{cite news | author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> | title=PRIX | work=Le Monde | date=2001-11-30 | url=https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/2001/11/30/prix_4222711_1819218.html | access-date=2023-06-12 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127032330/https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/2001/11/30/prix_4222711_1819218.html#federation=archive.wikiwix.com&tab=url | archive-date=2023-01-27 | url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> She won the Goncourt short story prize in 2007 for her collection ''L'amour est très surestimé'' (English: ''Love Is Very Overrated''),<ref name="goncourtnouvelle">{{cite web |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> | title=Goncourt de la Nouvelle | publisher=Académie Goncourt | url=https://www.academiegoncourt.com/goncourt-de-la-nouvelle | access-date=2023-06-12}}</ref> then the [[Grand prix Jean Giono|Grand Prix Jean Giono]] for ''Une année étrangère'' (English: ''A Year Abroad'') in 2009.<ref name="lam2023">{{cite web |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> | title=Brigitte Giraud | publisher=Le Livre à Metz | url=https://www.lelivreametz.com/auteurs/101-brigitte-giraud.html | access-date=2023-06-12}}</ref>

On 3 November 2022, she was awarded the 2022 [[Prix Goncourt]] for ''Vivre vite'', a ''[[récit]]'' about the death of her husband, Claude, in 1999 at the age of 41.<ref>{{cite news|last=Rousseau|first=Christine|date=3 November 2022|title=Le Goncourt récompense Brigitte Giraud pour ''Vivre vite'', texte poignant sur la disparition de son compagnon|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2022/11/03/le-goncourt-recompense-brigitte-giraud-pour-vivre-vite_6148343_3246.html|newspaper=[[Le Monde]]|language=fr|access-date=10 November 2022|url-access=subscription}}</ref> She is the thirteenth woman to receive the Goncourt since the prize's establishment in 1903.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceculture/brigitte-giraud-prix-goncourt-2022-pour-vivre-vite-4903775|title=Brigitte Giraud, prix Goncourt 2022 pour "Vivre vite"|last=Chaverou|first=Éric|date=3 November 2022|website=[[Radio France]]|language=fr|access-date=10 November 2022}}</ref> Giraud won after the jury underwent fourteen rounds of voting, the maximum amount permitted. The final vote ended in a stalemate and, in accordance with the rules, the president of the Goncourt Academy cast a deciding vote, selecting Giraud's novel over [[Giuliano da Empoli]]'s ''[[The Wizard of the Kremlin]]'' (''Le mage du Kremlin'').<ref>{{cite news|date=3 November 2022|title=Brigitte Giraud remporte le Goncourt avec "Vivre vite", 13<sup>e</sup> autrice sacrée en 120 ans|url=https://www.lexpress.fr/actualites/1/societe/du-renouveau-avec-le-prix-goncourt-2022_2182930.html|work=[[L'Express]]|language=fr|agency=[[Agence France-Presse|AFP]]|access-date=10 November 2022}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Giraud lives in Lyon.<ref name="tribunedelyon" /> Her husband, Claude, died in a motorbike accident in 1999.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/culture-loisirs/le-prix-goncourt-2022-decerne-a-brigitte-giraud-pour-son-roman-vivre-vite-1667476595|title=Le prix Goncourt 2022 décerné à Brigitte Giraud pour son roman "Vivre vite"|last=Groyer|first=Flavien|date=3 November 2022|website=[[France Bleu]]|language=fr|access-date=10 November 2022}}</ref>


== Works ==
== Works ==


=== Novels ===
=== Novels and narratives (''récits'') ===
*1997: ''La Chambre des parents'', [[Fayard]]
*1997: ''La chambre des parents'', [[Fayard]]
*1999: ''Nico'', [[Stock (publishing house)|Stock]]
*1999: ''Nico'', [[Stock (publishing house)|Stock]]
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*2001: ''À présent'', Stock
*2004: ''Marée noire'', Stock
*2004: ''Marée noire'', Stock
*2005: ''J'apprends'', Stock
*2005: ''J'apprends'', Stock
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*2013: ''Avoir un corps'', Stock
*2013: ''Avoir un corps'', Stock
*2015: ''Nous serons des héros'', Stock
*2015: ''Nous serons des héros'', Stock
*2017: ''Un loup pour l'homme'', [[Groupe Flammarion|Flammarion]]
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*2022: ''Vivre Vite'', Flammarion (winner of the Goncourt Prize)
*2019: ''{{ill|Jour de courage|fr}}'', Flammarion

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*2022: ''{{ill|Vivre vite|fr|Vivre vite (récit)}}'', Flammarion (winner of the [[Prix Goncourt]])
=== Narration ===
*2022: ''Porté disparu'', l'École des loisirs
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* ''À présent'', Stock


=== Short stories ===
=== Short stories ===
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==== Participation ====
==== Participation ====
*2004: "Bowling" in ''{{ill|Tout sera comme avant (nouvelles)|fr|3=Tout sera comme avant (nouvelles)|lt=Tout sera comme avant}}'', collectif, Verticales, {{ISBN|2-84335-198-7}} - after {{ill|Tout sera comme avant|fr|3=Tout sera comme avant|lt=eponymous album}} by [[Dominique A]]
*2004: "Bowling" in ''{{ill|Tout sera comme avant|fr|Tout sera comme avant (nouvelles)|lt=Tout sera comme avant}}'', collectif, Verticales, {{ISBN|2-84335-198-7}} - after {{ill|Tout sera comme avant|fr|3=Tout sera comme avant|lt=eponymous album}} by [[Dominique A]]
*2004: One short story in ''Dix ans sous la Bleue'', collective, Stock
*2004: One short story in ''Dix ans sous la Bleue'', collective, Stock


== Distinctions ==
== Adaptations ==
*2011: ''Pas d'inquietude'', TV movie directed by Thierry Binisti and starring [[Isabelle Carré]]<ref name="bulletin2017">{{cite web | last=Raymond | first=Vincent | title=Un loup pour l'homme… et pour le cinéma | publisher=Le Petit Bulletin | date=2017-10-24 | url=https://www.petit-bulletin.fr/lyon/article-59269-Un+loup+pour+l+homme%E2%80%A6+et+pour+le+cinema.html | access-date=2023-06-12}}</ref>
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{{Cite web|author=[[Aurélie Filippetti]]|title=Arrêté du 16 janvier 2014 portant nomination et promotion dans l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres|url=http://www.culturecommunication.gouv.fr/Ministere/Services-rattaches-a-la-ministre/Section-des-distinctions-honorifiques/Arretes-de-Nominations-dans-l-ordre-des-Arts-et-des-Lettres/Nomination-dans-l-ordre-des-Arts-et-des-Lettres-janvier-2014|publisher=[[Ministry of Culture (France)|Ministry of Culture and Communication]]|access-date=2016-12-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150711135940/http://www.culturecommunication.gouv.fr/Ministere/Services-rattaches-a-la-ministre/Section-des-distinctions-honorifiques/Arretes-de-Nominations-dans-l-ordre-des-Arts-et-des-Lettres/Nomination-dans-l-ordre-des-Arts-et-des-Lettres-janvier-2014|archive-date=2015-07-11|url-status=dead}}.

== Awards and honours ==
* 1997 – Prix Littéraire des Étudiants for ''La Chambre des parents''
* 2000 – Prix Lettres frontière Rhône-Alpes for ''Nico''
* 2007 – [[Prix Goncourt de la nouvelle]] for ''L'amour est très surestimé''
* 2009 – [[Grand prix Jean Giono#Jury Prize|Prix du jury Jean-Giono]] for ''Une année étrangère''
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* 2014 – {{ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=Ordre des Arts et des Lettres Officier ribbon.svg|width=60}} [[Officier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres]]<ref>{{Cite web|author=[[Aurélie Filippetti]]|title=Arrêté du 16 janvier 2014 portant nomination et promotion dans l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres|url=http://www.culturecommunication.gouv.fr/Ministere/Services-rattaches-a-la-ministre/Section-des-distinctions-honorifiques/Arretes-de-Nominations-dans-l-ordre-des-Arts-et-des-Lettres/Nomination-dans-l-ordre-des-Arts-et-des-Lettres-janvier-2014|publisher=[[Ministry of Culture (France)|Ministry of Culture and Communication]]|access-date=2016-12-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150711135940/http://www.culturecommunication.gouv.fr/Ministere/Services-rattaches-a-la-ministre/Section-des-distinctions-honorifiques/Arretes-de-Nominations-dans-l-ordre-des-Arts-et-des-Lettres/Nomination-dans-l-ordre-des-Arts-et-des-Lettres-janvier-2014|archive-date=2015-07-11|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* 2022 – [[Prix Goncourt]] for ''Vivre vite''<ref name="guardian2022">{{cite news|last=Willsher|first=Kim|date=3 November 2022|title=Brigitte Giraud becomes 13th woman to win Prix Goncourt|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/nov/03/brigitte-giraud-becomes-13th-woman-to-win-prix-goncourt-vivre-vite|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=9 November 2022}}</ref>

===Nominations===
* 2001 – [[Prix Femina]] (Selection) for ''À présent''
* 2001 – [[Prix du Livre Inter]] (Selection) for ''À présent''
* 2004 – [[Prix du Livre Inter]] (Selection) for ''Marée noire''
* 2009 – [[Prix Fémina]] (finalist) for ''Une année étrangère''
* 2011 – [[Prix Medicis]] (finalist) for ''Pas d'inquiétude''
* 2013 – [[Prix Femina]] (Selection) for ''Avoir un corps''
* 2015 – [[Prix Fémina]] (finalist) for ''Nous serons des héros''
* 2017 – [[Prix Goncourt des lycéens]] (finalist) for ''Un loup pour l'homme''<ref>{{cite news|last=Leyris|first=Raphaëlle|date=16 November 2017|title=Goncourt des lycéens : Alice Zeniter récompensée pour ''L'Art de perdre''|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2017/11/16/goncourt-des-lyceens-alice-zeniter-recompensee-pour-l-art-de-perdre_5215839_3246.html|newspaper=[[Le Monde]]|language=fr|access-date=10 November 2022}}</ref>
* 2017 – [[Prix Goncourt]] (Selection) for ''Un loup pour l'homme''
* 2017 – [[Prix Femina]] (Selection) for ''Un loup pour l'homme''
* 2017 – [[Prix Médicis]] (Selection) for ''Un loup pour l'homme''
* 2017 – Prix du style (Selection) for ''Un loup pour l'homme''
* 2017 – [[Prix des Deux Magots]] (Selection) for ''Un loup pour l'homme''

== References ==
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== External links ==
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* [https://www.confluences.org/artiste/brigitte-giraud/ Brigitte Giraud] on Confluences, rencontres littéraires
* [https://www.confluences.org/artiste/brigitte-giraud/ Brigitte Giraud] on Confluences, rencontres littéraires
* [http://www.babelio.com/auteur/Brigitte-Giraud/3643 Brigitte Giraud] on Babelio
* [http://www.babelio.com/auteur/Brigitte-Giraud/3643 Brigitte Giraud] on Babelio

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Latest revision as of 15:17, 4 November 2024

Brigitte Giraud
Giraud in 2017
Giraud in 2017
Born1960 (age 64–65)
Sidi-Bel-Abbès, French Algeria
OccupationWriter
LanguageFrench
Years active1997–present
Notable awardsPrix Goncourt (2022)

Brigitte Giraud (French pronunciation: [bʁiʒit ʒiʁo]; born 1960, Sidi-Bel-Abbès in Algeria) is a French writer, author of novels and short stories. She was awarded the 2022 Prix Goncourt for her autobiographical novel Vivre vite (English: Live Fast).[1]

Early life

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Born in 1960,[2] Brigitte Giraud grew up in Rillieux-la-Pape, France, before settling in nearby Lyon.[3] She has studied English, German and Arabic.[4]

Career

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Giraud has worked as a bookseller, translator and journalist.[2] For her first book, La chambre des parents (1997), she received the Prix Littéraire des Étudiants and for Nico, her second novel, the Prix Lettres frontière Rhône-Alpes.[5] In 2001, she received a special mention for the Wepler Prize for À présent.[6] She won the Goncourt short story prize in 2007 for her collection L'amour est très surestimé (English: Love Is Very Overrated),[7] then the Grand Prix Jean Giono for Une année étrangère (English: A Year Abroad) in 2009.[8]

On 3 November 2022, she was awarded the 2022 Prix Goncourt for Vivre vite, a récit about the death of her husband, Claude, in 1999 at the age of 41.[9] She is the thirteenth woman to receive the Goncourt since the prize's establishment in 1903.[10] Giraud won after the jury underwent fourteen rounds of voting, the maximum amount permitted. The final vote ended in a stalemate and, in accordance with the rules, the president of the Goncourt Academy cast a deciding vote, selecting Giraud's novel over Giuliano da Empoli's The Wizard of the Kremlin (Le mage du Kremlin).[11]

Personal life

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Giraud lives in Lyon.[3] Her husband, Claude, died in a motorbike accident in 1999.[12]

Works

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Novels and narratives (récits)

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  • 1997: La chambre des parents, Fayard
  • 1999: Nico, Stock
  • 2001: À présent, Stock
  • 2004: Marée noire, Stock
  • 2005: J'apprends, Stock
  • 2009: Une année étrangère, Stock
  • 2011: Pas d'inquiétude, Stock
  • 2013: Avoir un corps, Stock
  • 2015: Nous serons des héros, Stock
  • 2017: Un loup pour l'homme, Flammarion
  • 2019: Jour de courage [fr], Flammarion
  • 2022: Vivre vite [fr], Flammarion (winner of the Prix Goncourt)
  • 2022: Porté disparu, l'École des loisirs

Short stories

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Collections

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  • 2007: L'amour est très surestimé, Stock ISBN 9782234059252 -Goncourt de la nouvelle 2007 - Bourse Goncourt de la Nouvelle.
  • 2010: Avec les garçons, followed by Le Garçon, J'ai lu, ISBN 9782290027325

Participation

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Adaptations

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Awards and honours

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Nominations

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References

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  1. ^ a b Willsher, Kim (3 November 2022). "Brigitte Giraud becomes 13th woman to win Prix Goncourt". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Brigitte Giraud". Evene.fr (in French). Le Figaro. 1960. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  3. ^ a b Beaugé, Mathilde (3 November 2022). "La Lyonnaise Brigitte Giraud reçoit le prix Goncourt 2022". Tribune de Lyon (in French). Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Brigitte Giraud, au nom du mari" (in French). France 24. AFP. 3 November 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  5. ^ "Nous Serons des Héros". Lettres Frontières. Retrieved 2023-05-31.
  6. ^ "PRIX". Le Monde. 2001-11-30. Archived from the original on 2023-01-27. Retrieved 2023-06-12.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  7. ^ "Goncourt de la Nouvelle". Académie Goncourt. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
  8. ^ "Brigitte Giraud". Le Livre à Metz. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
  9. ^ Rousseau, Christine (3 November 2022). "Le Goncourt récompense Brigitte Giraud pour Vivre vite, texte poignant sur la disparition de son compagnon". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  10. ^ Chaverou, Éric (3 November 2022). "Brigitte Giraud, prix Goncourt 2022 pour "Vivre vite"". Radio France (in French). Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  11. ^ "Brigitte Giraud remporte le Goncourt avec "Vivre vite", 13e autrice sacrée en 120 ans". L'Express (in French). AFP. 3 November 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  12. ^ Groyer, Flavien (3 November 2022). "Le prix Goncourt 2022 décerné à Brigitte Giraud pour son roman "Vivre vite"". France Bleu (in French). Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  13. ^ Raymond, Vincent (2017-10-24). "Un loup pour l'homme… et pour le cinéma". Le Petit Bulletin. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
  14. ^ Aurélie Filippetti. "Arrêté du 16 janvier 2014 portant nomination et promotion dans l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres". Ministry of Culture and Communication. Archived from the original on 2015-07-11. Retrieved 2016-12-01.
  15. ^ Leyris, Raphaëlle (16 November 2017). "Goncourt des lycéens : Alice Zeniter récompensée pour L'Art de perdre". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 10 November 2022.
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