Maud Simonnot
Maud Simonnot (born 1979) is a French writer and editor.
Biography
[edit]She was born in Semur-en-Auxois in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.[1]
She is the author of several acclaimed books, including works of fiction and non-fiction.[2]
- La nuit pour adresse (Gallimard, 2017) - a life of the publisher Robert McAlmon, winner of the Prix Valery Larbaud
- L'Enfant céleste (novel), nominated for the Prix Goncourt des lycéens 2020
- L'Heure des oiseaux (novel), winner of the EU Prize for Literature.[3]
In June 2023, she left Gallimard to join Éditions du Seuil. She became the director of French fiction.[4][5]
At the beginning of 2025, she launched a new collection, Le Bar de la Sirène.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Val-d'Oise. Rencontre littéraire à Pontoise : Maud Simonnot invitée chez Lettre et merveilles". Actu (La Gazette Val-d-Oise) (in French). October 22, 2021.
- ^ "Maud Simonnot, lauréate du prix Jean Freustié 2023". Livres Hebdo (in French). Retrieved 2024-04-08.
- ^ "Maud Simonnot | EU Prize for Literature". euprizeliterature.eu. Retrieved 2024-04-08.
- ^ "La directrice de la NRF passe chez un concurrent, le Seuil". Le Figaro. June 27, 2023.
- ^ "Maud Simonnot rejoint les éditions du Seuil". Livres Hebdo. June 27, 2023.
- ^ "Éditrice au Seuil, "à la base, je voulais ouvrir un bar"". Actuallité. January 28, 2025.
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