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==Early life==
==Early life==
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|publisher=[[Le Figaro]]|language=fr|access-date=10 November 2022}}</ref> Brigitte Giraud grew up in [[Rillieux-la-Pape]], [[France]], before settling in [[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>
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|publisher=[[Le Figaro]]|language=fr|access-date=10 November 2022}}</ref> Brigitte Giraud grew up in [[Rillieux-la-Pape]], [[France]], before settling in [[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==
==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://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/index2.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lemonde.fr%2Farchives%2Farticle%2F2001%2F11%2F30%2Fprix_4222711_1819218.html#federation=archive.wikiwix.com&tab=url |archive-date=2023-05-01}} </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>
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://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/index2.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lemonde.fr%2Farchives%2Farticle%2F2001%2F11%2F30%2Fprix_4222711_1819218.html#federation=archive.wikiwix.com&tab=url |archive-date=2023-05-01}}</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>
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>
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== Adaptations ==
== 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>
*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>


== Awards and honours ==
== Awards and honours ==

Revision as of 04:26, 13 June 2023

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 (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

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

Career

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

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

Works

Novels and narratives (récits)

  • 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

Collections

  • 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

Adaptations

Awards and honours

Nominations

References

  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. 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 2023-05-01. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
  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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