Laurence Cossé
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Laurence Cossé is a French writer, who published mainly novels.
She was first a journalist in the French newspaper Le Quotidien de Paris
and then at the French public radio France Culture
. Most of her novels were published by the French publishing house Gallimard
. Her most famous novel to date, Le Coin du voile (1996), was translated as A Corner of the veil in American English (as well as in five other languages).
Although she published one poetic novel (Les Chambres du Sud) and one historical novel (La Femme du premier ministre), most of her latest novels evoke the contemporary French society, often in a critical or ironical manner.
She was first a journalist in the French newspaper Le Quotidien de Paris
Le Quotidien de Paris
Le Quotidien de Paris was a French newspaper founded in 1974 by Philippe Tesson. Along with Le Quotidien du Médecin and Le Quotidien du Pharmacien, Le Quotidien made up the Groupe Quotidien , with all now defunct. Philippe Tesson intended for it to be the successor to the daily newspaper Combat,...
and then at the French public radio France Culture
France Culture
France Culture is a French public radio channel and part of Radio France. Its programming encompasses a wide variety of features on historical, philosophical, sociopolitical, and scientific themes , as well as literary readings, radio plays, and experimental productions...
. Most of her novels were published by the French publishing house Gallimard
Éditions Gallimard
Éditions Gallimard is one of the leading French publishers of books. The Guardian has described it as having "the best backlist in the world". In 2003 it and its subsidiaries published 1418 titles....
. Her most famous novel to date, Le Coin du voile (1996), was translated as A Corner of the veil in American English (as well as in five other languages).
Although she published one poetic novel (Les Chambres du Sud) and one historical novel (La Femme du premier ministre), most of her latest novels evoke the contemporary French society, often in a critical or ironical manner.
Works
- Novels
- Les Chambres du Sud, Gallimard, 1981
- Le Premier pas d'amante, Gallimard, 1983
- 18h35 : Grand Bonheur, Le Seuil, 1991
- Un Frère, Le Seuil, 1994
- Le Coin du voile, Gallimard, 1996 (received the “Prix du Jury Jean Giono 1996”) ; American translation by Linda Asher (A corner of the veil)
- La Femme du premier ministre, Gallimard, 1998
- Le Mobilier national, Gallimard, 2001
- Le 31 du mois d'août, Gallimard, 2003
- Au bon roman, Gallimard, 2009 ; in English, A Novel Bookstore, Europa EditionsEuropa EditionsEuropa Editions is a publishing company founded in 2005 by husband and wife Sandro Ferri and Sandra Ozzola Ferri, who also founded the Italian publisher Edizioni E/O. The New York-based Europa Editions specializes in bringing works by European writers to American readers...
, 2010
- Short stories
- Vous n'écrivez plus ?, Gallimard, 2006 (received the “Grand Prix de la nouvelle de l’Académie FrançaiseAcadémie françaiseL'Académie française , also called the French Academy, is the pre-eminent French learned body on matters pertaining to the French language. The Académie was officially established in 1635 by Cardinal Richelieu, the chief minister to King Louis XIII. Suppressed in 1793 during the French Revolution,...
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- Vous n'écrivez plus ?, Gallimard, 2006 (received the “Grand Prix de la nouvelle de l’Académie Française
- Theater
- La Terre des Folles, published with Monseigneur de Très-Haut, HB éditions, 1995 (with illustrations by Christine Lesueur)