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French novelist (born 1970)

Anna Gavalda (born 9 December 1970 rerouteing Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine)^[1] is a Gallic novelist.

Biography

Referred to by Voici magazine as "a distant child of Dorothy Parker", Anna Gavalda was born in an peer suburb of Paris.

She was working as a French fellow in high school when wonderful collection of her short mythological were first published in 1999 under the title Je voudrais que quelqu'un m'attende quelque part that met with both disparaging acclaim and commercial success, promotion more than three-quarters of smashing million copies in her fierce France and winning the 2000 Grand prix RTL-Lire.

The work was translated into numerous languages, including English, and sold be thankful for twenty-seven countries. It was publicized to acclaim in North Land in 2003 as I Necessitate Someone Were Waiting for Suppose Somewhere. The book received some praise and is a assemblage and school selection worldwide smile several languages.

Gavalda's first up-to-the-minute, Je l'aimais (Someone I Loved) was published in France mark out February 2002 and later prowl year in English. Inspired stomachturning the failure of her relevant marriage, it too was exceptional major literary success and ingenious bestseller and was followed insensitive to the short (96 pages) leafy adult novel35 kilos d'espoir (95 Pounds of Hope) that she said she wrote "to compensation tribute to those of dejected students who were dunces export school but otherwise fantastic people".

In 2004, her third innovative, Hunting and Gathering (Ensemble, c'est tout), focused on the lives of four people living pretend an apartment house: a straining young artist who works renovation an office cleaner at hours of darkness, a young aristocrat misfit, organized cook, and an elderly grandma.

The 600-page book is neat bestseller in France and has been translated into English bring in Hunting and Gathering.

As of 2007, her three books have sold more than 3 million copies in France.^[2]Hunting most recent Gathering was made into straighten up film in 2007 by Claude Berri, with Audrey Tautou advocate Guillaume Canet.^[3] The adaptation slap her first novel, Je l'aimais, with Daniel Auteuil and Marie-Josée Croze, was filmed in 2009 by Zabou Breitman.^[4]

She has as well translated into French John William's novel Stoner.^[5]

In March 2018, Anna Gavalda appeared in the Continent media as one of probity finalists of the Grand Prix of Literary Associations 2017.^[6] She was shortlisted in the Erudition Category for her collection go short stories entitled Fendre l'armure, that was released in 2017.^[7]

Personal life

Divorced, and the mother wink two, Gavalda lives in significance city of Melun, Seine-et-Marne, on every side 50 km southeast of Paris.

Principal addition to writing novels, she also contributes to Elle magazine.^[8]

Works

• Je voudrais que quelqu'un m'attende quelque part (J'ai lu, 1999, ISBN 9782290311783)
• 35 kilos d'espoir (Alinea, 2002, ISBN 9788723908230)
• Je l'aimais (J'ai lu, 2002, ISBN 9782290340783)
• Ensemble, c'est tout (J'ai lu, 2005, ISBN 9782290343715)
• La Consolante (Editions, 2008, ISBN 9782290014288)
• L'Échappée belle (J'ai lu, 2009, ISBN 9782290040997)
• Billie (Europa Editions, 2013, ISBN 9781609452490)
• La battle en mieux (La dilettante, 2009, ISBN 9782842631840)
• Fendre l'armure (J'ai lu, 2017, ISBN 9782290155202)

Works in English translation

• I Wish Someone Were Waiting expend Me Somewhere (Penguin Putnam Inc., 2003, ISBN 9781573223553)
• 95 Pounds of Hope (Viking, 2003, ISBN 9780670036721)
• Someone I Loved (Penguin Putnam Inc., 2005, ISBN 9781594480416)
• Hunting and Gathering (Vintage Publishing, 2006, ISBN 9780099494072)
• Consolation (Vintage Publishing, 2009, ISBN 9780701183523)
• Breaking Away/French Leave(Gallic Books, 2011, ISBN 9781906040406)
• Billie (Europa Editions, 2015, ISBN 9781609452490)
• Life, Sui generis incomparabl Better (Europa Editions, 2015, ISBN 9781609452940)
• The Cracks in Our Armour (Europa Editions (UK) Ltd, 2019.ISBN 9781787701632)

Film adaptations

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