Hélène de Monferrand
Encyclopedia
Hélène de Montferrand is a French novelist.
She grew up in Algeria
. She studied at Nanterre
and at the Sorbonne
. She plays piano and harpsichord.
She received the Goncourt prize for a first novel (not to be mistaken with the Prix Goncourt
) in 1990 for Les amies d'Héloïse. The novel is an exchange of letters.
She contributes regularly to the Lesbia magazine.
She grew up in Algeria
Algeria
Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...
. She studied at Nanterre
Nanterre
Nanterre is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France. It is located west of the center of Paris.Nanterre is the capital of the Hauts-de-Seine department as well as the seat of the Arrondissement of Nanterre....
and at the Sorbonne
Sorbonne
The Sorbonne is an edifice of the Latin Quarter, in Paris, France, which has been the historical house of the former University of Paris...
. She plays piano and harpsichord.
She received the Goncourt prize for a first novel (not to be mistaken with the Prix Goncourt
Prix Goncourt
The Prix Goncourt is a prize in French literature, given by the académie Goncourt to the author of "the best and most imaginative prose work of the year"...
) in 1990 for Les amies d'Héloïse. The novel is an exchange of letters.
She contributes regularly to the Lesbia magazine.
Works
- Sonate royale, poèmes, Paris, les Paragraphes littéraires de Paris, 1970
- Les Amies d'Héloïse, roman, Ed. de Fallois, Paris, 1990
- Journal de Suzanne, roman, Ed. de Fallois, Paris, 1991, ISBN 9782877061186
- Les Enfants d'Héloïse, Double interligne, Paris, 1997 ; la Cerisaie, Paris, 2002
- Avec Elula Perrin, L'Habit ne fait pas la nonne, Paris, Double interligne, 1998
- Avec Elula Perrin, Ne tirez pas sur la violoniste, Paris, Double interligne, 1999
- Retour à Sarcelles, roman des temps prolétariens, Paris, la Cerisaie : 2004