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Marie Darrieussecq
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Marie Darrieussecq

Marie Darrieussecq was born in Bayonne in 1969 and is recognised as one of the leading voices of contemporary French literature. Her first novel, Pig Tales, was translated into thirty-five languages. She has written more than twenty books. Text has published Tom Is Dead, All the Way, Men, Being Here: The Life of Paula Modersohn-Becker, Our Life in the Forest, The Baby, Crossed Lines and Sleepless. In 2013 Marie Darrieussecq was awarded the Prix Médicis and the Prix des Prix for her novel Men She has written art criticism and journalism for a number of publications, including Libération and Charlie Hebdo, is a translator from English and has practised as a psychoanalyst. Sleepless is her third non-fiction title published by Text. Marie lives in Paris.

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Writing… And then Writing Again: Marie Darrieussecq Explores the Art of Storytelling
Marie Darrieussecq teaches an online course for the University of Arizona College of Humanities, March 29 – April 17, 2023   



Read why Marie Darrieussecq joined Charlie Hebdo after the 2015 terror attack, in an interview with the Australian
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Titles byMarie Darrieussecq
  • Sleepless
    Sleepless
    Marie Darrieussecq
  • Crossed Lines
    Crossed Lines
    Marie Darrieussecq
  • The Baby
    The Baby
    Marie Darrieussecq
  • Our Life in the Forest
    Our Life in the Forest
    Marie Darrieussecq
  • Being Here
    Being Here
    Marie Darrieussecq
  • Men
    Men
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  • All the Way
    All the Way
    Marie Darrieussecq
  • Tom is Dead
    Tom is Dead
    Marie Darrieussecq