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'''Marie Redonnet''' (b. 1948) is a [[France|French]] writer of poems, novels, essays, short stories, and plays. Her works have been translated into eleven languages |
'''Marie Redonnet''' (b. 1948) is a [[France|French]] writer of poems, novels, essays, short stories, and plays. Her works have been translated into eleven languages.<ref name=taylor/><ref name="Leaping Dog">{{cite web|title=Marie Redonnet|url=http://www.leapingdogpress.com/authors/marie-redonnet|publisher=Leaping Dog Press|accessdate=15 November 2014}}</ref> |
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==Biography== |
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Marie Redonnet (b. 1948) is a French writer of poems, novels, essays, short stories, and plays. Her works have been translated into eleven languages.[1][2]
Biography
She studied to be a teacher[3] and began writing in the late 1970s.[4] Her first published work was Le Mort & Cie, a collection of poems published in 1985. The following year, she published a collection of short stories Doublures. That was followed by a trilogy of novels Splendid Hôtel (1986), Forever Valley and Rose Mélie Rose (1987).[1]
She has taught at the Université de la Sorbonne-Nouvelle. From 1995 to 1997, she was responsible for research into art and language at the Centre national de la recherche scientifique. From 2000 to 2004, she was adviser for literature at the French embassy in Morocco.[5]
In sparse prose that some have compared to Samuel Beckett,[4] her female characters strive for renewal in a wounded world.[1]
Selected works
Novels
- Candy Story (1992)
- Nevermore (1994)[1]
Short stories
- Silsie (1990)[1]
Plays
- Tir & Lir (1988)
- Mobie-Diq (1989)
- Seaside (1991)
- Le Cirque Pandor and Fort Gambo (1991)[3]
References
- ^ a b c d e Taylor, John (2005). Paths to Contemporary French Literature. Vol. Volume 1. pp. 214–16. ISBN 1412804795.
{{cite book}}:|volume=has extra text (help)> - ^ "Marie Redonnet". Leaping Dog Press. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
- ^ a b Redonnet, Marie (1996). Nevermore. ISBN 0803239122.
- ^ a b Hughes, Alexandra; Reader, Keith A (2002). Encyclopaedia of Contemporary French Culture. p. 454. ISBN 1134788665.
- ^ "L'invité de la médiathèque : Marie Redonnet". Ville de Fontenay-le-Comtte.
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