Nancy Huston

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Canadian-born novelist and essayist who writes primarily in French

France WritersBorn 1953 · age 73

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Nancy Louise Huston is a Canadian novelist and essayist, a longtime resident of France, who writes primarily in French and translates her own works into English.

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2022Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres‎

2010Honorary doctor of the University of Ottawa

2007Honorary doctor of the University of Liège

2006Prix Femina

2006Prix Roman France Télévisions

2000honorary doctorate from the Université de Montréal

2000Prix Marianne

1997Prix du Livre Inter

1996Prix Goncourt des Lycéens

1993Governor General's Award for French-language fiction

1981Prix du Docteur Binet-Sanglé

Officer of the Order of Canada

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SpouseTzvetan Todorov

ChildLéa Todorov

Connected to Nancy 6

Karine VanasseAlso in Set Me Free (1999)

Leïla BekhtiAlso in Maria Montessori (2023)

Vahina GiocanteAlso in Stolen Life (1998)

Miki ManojlovićAlso in Set Me Free (1999)

Sébastien PouderouxAlso in Maria Montessori (2023)

Jasmine TrincaAlso in Maria Montessori (2023)

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France