Céline Curiol (born 1975) is a French journalist and writer.[1]
Biography
editShe was born in Lyon and was educated at the École supérieure des techniques avancées and the Sorbonne. Curiol moved to New York City where she was a correspondent for the BBC, Radio France and Libération. In 2005, she published her first novel, Voix sans issue (Voice over), which was translated into 15 languages.[1] It was a winner of the French Voices Award, and a finalist for the Best Translated Book Award[2] and the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize in 2009.[3]
In 2008, Curiol was a resident of the prestigious Villa Kujoyama in Kyoto.[1] She has also lived in London and Buenos Aires.[3]
Since then, she has published a dozen novels and essays, including an acclaimed memoire on depression, Un Quinze août à Paris, and an ambitious novel of multiple voices, taking place during 2015 in Paris and questioning revolutionary potentials in contemporary western societies.[citation needed]
She currently[when?] teaches creative writing, media and communication at Sciences Po, Telecom ParisTech and ENSTA in Paris.
Selected works
edit- Permission, novel (2007)
- Route rouge, travelogue (2007)
- Voice Over, novel, translated by Sam Richard (2008)
- Exil intermédiaire, novel (2009)
- L'ardeur des pierres, novel (2012)
- A vue de nez, essay (2013)
- Un Quinze août à Paris, essay (2014)
- Les Vieux ne pleurent jamais, novel (2016)
- La posture du pêcheur, novella (2021)
- Les Lois de l'ascension, novel (2021)
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Céline Curiol" (in French). Actes Sud. Archived from the original on June 25, 2014. Retrieved January 13, 2015.
- ^ "'2009 Best Translated Book Awards' to be Announced on Feb. 19". University of Rochester. February 13, 2009.
- ^ a b "Céline Curiol" (in French). Maison des écrivains et de la littérature.
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