France

CIXOUS, Helene

Birth date: 1937
Birthplace: France
Education: Obtained an Agregation d'Anglais in 1959, Docteur es Lettres, 1968.
Professional Career: Writer and professor of English at the University of Vincennes since 1987. She worked for a variety of universities such as the University of Paris, the University of Bordeaux, and the University of Paris X. She was also the founder and director of the Centre de Recherches en Etudes Feminines in 1974.

Works

Angst. Paris: des Femmes, 1998.
L'ange au secret. Paris : des Femmes, 1991.
The Book of Promethea. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1991.

ERNAUX, Annie

Birth date: 1940
Birthplace: Lillebonne, France
Education: Educated at the Rouen University.
Professional Career: She is a teacher of French in Secondary School in Haute-Savoie and the Paris region. She is also a professor at the Centre National d'Enseignement.

Works

Je ne suis pas sortie de ma nuit. Paris: Gallimard, New York: Seven Stories Press, 1999.
I Remain in Darkness. Trans. Tanya Leslie.
Honte. Paris: Gallimard.
Shame. Trans. Tanya Leslie. New York: Seven Stories Press, 1998.
Journal du dehors. Paris: Gallimard.
Exteriors. Trans Tanya Leslie. New York: Seven Stories Press, 1996.
Passion simple. Paris: Gallimard, 1991.
Simple Passion. Trans. Tanya Leslie. New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 1993.
Une femme. Gallimard, 1987.
A Woman's Story. Trans. Tanya Leslie. New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 1991.
La place. Paris: Gallimard, 1984.
A Man's Place. Trans. Tanya Leslie. New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 1992.
La femme gelee. Paris: Gallimard, 1981.
A Frozen Woman. Trans. Linda Coverdale. New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 1995.
Ce qu'ils disent ou rien. Paris: Gallimard, 1977.
Les armoires vides. Paris: Editions Gallimard, 1974.
Cleaned Out. Trans. Carol Sanders. Normal, IL: Dalkey Archive Press, 1990.

NIMIER,Marie

Birth date: 1957
Birthplace:
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Works

Domino. Paris: Gallimard, 1998.
Comment faire d'une mouche un éléphant. Paris: Bayard éd., 1997.
Une mémoire d'éléphant. Paris: Gallimard jeunesse, 1997.
Celui qui court derriáere l'oiseau. Paris: Gallimard, 1996.
La caresse. Paris: Gallimard, 1994.
L'hypnotisme à la portée de tous. Paris: Gallimard, 1992.
Hypnotism Made Easy. Trans. Sophie Hawkes. New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 1996.
Anatomie d'un choeur. Paris: Gallimard, 1990.
La Girafe. Paris: Gallimard, 1987.
The Giraffe. Trans. Mary Feeney. New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 1995.
Siráene. Paris: Gallimard, 1985.

NOTHOMB, Amelie

Birth date: August 13, 1967
Birthplace: Kobe, Japan
Education:
Professional Career: She won the Grand Prix du roman de l'Academie in 1999. Her works focus on the themes of grotesque details and characters (due to her childhood anorexia), womanly bonding, and struggles for power between young girls and older men.

Works

Stupeur et tremblements. Paris: Albin Michel, 1999.
The Stranger Next Door. New York: Henry Holt, 1998.
Mercure. Paris : A. Michel, 1998.
Attentat. Paris : A. Michel, 1997.
Les catilinaires. Paris : France loisirs, 1996.
Péplum. Paris : A. Michel, 1996.
Les combustibles. Paris : A. Michel, 1994.
Le sabotage amoureux. Paris : A. Michel, 1993.
Hygiène de l'assassin. Paris : A. Michel, 1992.
Le mystère par excellence.
Brillant comme une casserole.

REDONNET, Marie

Birth date: October 19, 1948
Birthplace: Paris, France
Education: Working towards a doctorate at the University of Nebraska.
Professional Career: Redonnet is a writer and playwright. She is associated with Conseil National de Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) and the University of Paris III, Sorbonne-Nouvelle.

Works

Villa Rosa : Henri Matisse. Charenton-le-Pont: Flohic editions, 1996.
Nevermore. 1994.
Nevermore. Trans. Jordan Stump. University of Nebraska Press, 1996.
Le cirque pandor, suivi de, fort gambo. Paris : POL, 1994.
Candy story. Paris : POL, 1992.
Candy Story. Trans. Alexandra Quinn. University of Nebraska Press, 1995.
Seaside. Paris: Editions de Minuit, 1992.
Mobie-Diq. Paris : Éd. de Minuit, 1988.
Rose Mâelie Rose. Paris: Editions de Minuit, 1987.
Rose Mellie Rose With 'the Story of the Triptych' (European Women Writers). Trans. Jordan Stump November 1994.
Splendid Hotel. Paris: Editions de Minuit, 1986.
Hotel Splendid. Trans. Jordan Stump. University of Nebraska Press, 1995.
Paris. Paris: Editions de Minuit, 1986.
Forever Valley : With an Interview With Marie Redonnet. Trans. Jordan Stump. University of Nebraska Press, 1995.
Doublures. Paris : POL, 1986.
Le mort & cie. Paris : POL, 1985.

REZA, Yasmina

Birth date: 1959
Birthplace: France
Education:
Professional Career: Reza has been a playwright, author and actress since 1987. She received the Laurence Oliver Award for best comedy with Art.

Works

Art. New York City: Dramatists Play Service, 1999.
Hammerklavier: Recit. Paris: Albin Michel, 1997.
L'homme du hasard. Paris: Actes sud, 1995.
La traversee de l'hiver. Paris: Actes sud, 1989.
Conversations apres un enterrement. Paris: Actes sud, 1987.

SALVAYRE, Lydie

Birth date: 1948?
Birthplace:
Education:
Professional Career: A writer and psychiatrist who lives in France, her parents fled Spain after the Spanish Civil War. The Award is the first of her many novels to be published in English.

Works

La confâerence de cintegabelle. Paris: Le Seuil: Verticales, 1999.
La compagnie des spectres. Paris: Éd. du Seuil, 1997.
Quelques conseils utiles aux élèves huissiers. Paris: Verticales, 1997.
La puissance des mouches. Paris: Éd. du Seuil, 1995.
La mâedaille. Paris : Éd. du Seuil, 1993.
The Award. Trans. Jane Davey. New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 1997.
La vie commune. Paris: Julliard, 1991.
La déclaration. Paris: Julliard, 1990.

WITTIG, Monique

Birth date: 1935
Birthplace: Alsace, France
Education: Educated at the Sorbonne, University of Paris.
Professional Career: Wittig worked at the Bibliotheque Nationale and was a proofreader for Editions de Minuit. She is also a lecturer.

Works

Virgile, non. Paris: Editions de Minuit, 1985.
Across the Acheron. Trans. David Le Vay. P. Owen, 1987.
The Constant Journey (With Sande Zeig). Vlasta, 1985.
Brouillon pour un dictionnaire des amantes. Grasset, 1976.
Lesbian Peoples: Material for a Dictionary (With Sande Zeig). Trans. Wittig and Zeig. Avon, 1979.
Le Corps lesbien. Paris: Editions de Minuit, 1973.
The Lesbian Body. Trans. David Le Vay. Morrow, 1975.
Les Guerilleres. Trans. David Le Vay. Viking, 1971. Paris: Editions de Minuit, 1969.
L'Opoponax. Paris: Editions de Minuit, 1964.
The Opoponax. Trans. Helen Weaver. : Simon & Schuster, 1966.