Slimani får fint franskt litteraturpris – på tio euro
Årets Goncourtpris, Frankrikes främsta litteraturpris, tilldelas författaren Leïla Slimani för romanen ”Chanson douce”, skriver franska RTL. Priset delas varje år ut till ett framstående prosaverk. Prissumman är symboliska 10 euro, men vinnarboken brukar belönas med starka försäljningssiffror. ”Chanson douce” handlar om två barn som dödas av sin barnskötare.
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Leïla Slimani
Wikipedia (en)
Leïla Slimani (born 3 October 1981) is a French writer and journalist of Moroccan ancestry. In 2016 she was awarded the Prix Goncourt for her novel Chanson douce.
Slimani was born in Rabat, Morocco and left at the age of 17 for Paris to study political science and media studies at the Sciences Po. After her graduation she temporarily considered a career as an actress but began to work as a journalist for the magazine Jeune Afrique. In 2014 she published her first novel Dans le jardin de l’ogre, which two lyears later was followed by the psychological thriller Chanson douce. The latter quickly turned into a bestseller with over 76,000 copies printed within a year even before the book was awarded the Prix Goncourt.
Slimani holds a French and a Moroccan citizenship.
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