Gaëlle Bélem

French writer · France · On the map · Writers · Born 1984 · age 41

Gaëlle Bélem is a French writer of Réunionese extraction. She is best known for the coming-of-age novel Un monstre est là, derrière la porte, and the historical novel Le fruit le plus rare: ou la vie d'Edmond Albius.

Gaëlle Bélem is read about 28 times a day, in 6 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 22 August 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.

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Awards

Prix Anna de Noailles2026

Grand Prix du Roman Métis2020

About this person

Bélem has won the Grand prix du roman métis, the Société des gens de lettres André-Dubreuil prize for a first novel, and the Republic of Consciousness Prize. She has been a finalist for the Prix des cinq continents de la francophonie and has been longlisted for the International Booker Prize.

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France