Violaine Huisman
Born1979
Paris, France
NationalityFrench
Notable workThe Book of Mother

Violaine Huisman (born 1979) is a French writer. Her debut novel, The Book of Mother, won Prix Françoise Sagan and was longlisted for International Booker Prize.

Early life and education

Violaine Huisman was born in 1979,[1][2] in Paris.[1][3] Her father was the French academic Denis Huisman, her mother Catherine Cremnitz.[4] She attended Lycée Henri-IV in Paris.[4] When she was nineteen, she moved to the United States, where she completed her studies.[4]

Career

Huisman has lived in New York for over two decades.[1][5] She worked in publishing and translated novels.[4] Huisman has coordinated the literary series at the Brooklyn Academy of Music,[1][3] as well as managed multidisciplinary arts festivals.[1][4] She works as an essayist and cultural journalist and has written for such publications as The New York Times, Vogue[6] and The Paris Review.[7]

Huisman's debut novel The Book of Mother was published by Éditions Gallimard in 2018[8] and tells the story of a Parisian woman's life, told partially through the eyes of her young daughter.[5] The novel addresses parts of the family history of Huisman,[5][9] akin to autofiction.[5] It gained various literary awards, including Prix Françoise Sagan[1][3] and the Prix Marie Claire.[1][8] It was also longlisted for the International Booker Prize 2022[1] and was included in The New York Times 100 Notable Books list.[8]

Works

  • Fugitive parce que reine,[5] 2018,[8] English ed.: The Book of Mother,[1] Scribner, 2021, trans. by Leslie Camhi[9]
  • Rose Désert, 2019[8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Violaine Huisman". The Booker Prizes. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
  2. ↑ "The Book of Mother: A Conversation with Violaine Huisman and Deborah Treisman". ALBERTINE. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
  3. 1 2 3 "Violaine Huisman". Vancouver Writers Fest. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Violaine Huisman". Oeilpaca (in French). Retrieved 2023-01-31.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Camhi, Leslie (2021-10-19). "Violaine Huisman's Dazzling Debut Is All About Her Mother". Vogue. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
  6. ↑ "Violaine Huisman Books". Hachette. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
  7. ↑ "Violaine Huisman, Author at The Paris Review". The Paris Review. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 "Violaine Huisman". LUMA Arles. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
  9. 1 2 Orange, Michelle (2021-10-19). "A Daughter Parses the Life of a Mother Prone to High Drama". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
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