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Marie NDiaye

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French novelist and playwright

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Marie NDiaye is a French novelist, playwright and screenwriter. She published her first novel, Quant au riche avenir, when she was 17. She won the Prix Goncourt in 2009 for her novel Trois femmes puissantes.

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2023Austrian State Prize for European Literature
2018OkayAfrica 100 Women
2015Nelly Sachs Prize
2012Grand prix du théâtre
2011Spycher: Literary Award Leuk
2011Europese Literatuurprijs
2009Prix Goncourt
2003prix SACD
2001Prix Femina

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Marie NDiaye is a French novelist, playwright and screenwriter. She published her first novel, Quant au riche avenir, when she was 17. She won the Prix Goncourt in 2009 for her novel Trois femmes puissantes. Her play Papa doit manger is the sole play by a living female writer to be part of the repertoire of the Comédie française. She co-wrote the screenplay for the 2022 legal drama Saint Omer alongside its director Alice Diop, and Amrita David. In September 2022, the film was selected as France's official selection for Best International Film at the 95th Academy Awards. The English translation of her novel The Witch, by Jordan Stump, was published in 2026 and was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize.

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France
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Writers
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Born 1967 · age 59
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