Maylis de Kerangal

French writer · France · On the map · Writers · Born 1967 · age 59

Maylis de Kerangal is a French author. Her novels deeply explore people in their work lives. She has won many awards for her work, and her novels have been published in several languages. Two have been adapted as films.

Maylis de Kerangal is read about 157 times a day, in 21 languages.

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2024Officer of the National Order of MeritAwardPrix Patrimoines BPEAward2023Officer of the National Order of MeritAward2022Prize of the Magazine Études françaisesAward2019Officer of Arts and LettersAward2015“So the novel is a race, and I can see the finish line from the first sentence: it’s an intuition that magnetizes the entire text.”In their wordsOn the endings of her works in “Maylis de Kerangal by Jessica Moore” in Bomb Magazine (2015 Dec 15)Read the whole statement

“I love when a crucial novel leaves a trace in my memory. In this, its ending plays a significant part - creating a wake effect that is never erased.”In their wordsOn the writings that she favors in “Maylis de Kerangal by Jessica Moore” in Bomb Magazine (2015 Dec 15)Read the whole statement

2014Charles Brisset Literary AwardAwardGrand Prix de Littérature Henri GalAwardGrand prix RTL-LireAwardOrange du Livre AwardAward2010Franz-Hessel-PreisAwardPrix MédicisAward1967Born16 June 1967

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I began to think about its double nature: on the one hand you have an organ in your body and on the other you have a symbol of love.
On the heart as the focus for her book Mend the Living in “‘What is a heart? You have an organ in your body and you have a symbol of love’”, Own words

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