Ariane Le Fort (born 18 June 1960) is a

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writer.

Biography

The daughter of a Swiss father and a Belgian mother, she was born in

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and grew up there and in

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. She studied Latin and Greek at the Athénée Royal de

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, then spent a year at

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and went on to study journalism and communications at the Université libre de Bruxelles. Le Fort has worked as a journalist, as a librarian, as a retail clerk in a book store and as a

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tutor. She is also mother of two children and teaches writing. Le Fort works hard to balance these activities with her writing.

Selected works

* ''L'eau froide efface les rêves'', novel (1989) * ''Comment font les autres?'', novel (1994) * ''Rassurez-vous, tout le monde a peur'', novel (1999) * ''Beau-fils'', novel (2003), received the

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* ''On ne va pas se quitter comme ça ?'', novel (2010) * ''Avec plaisir, François'', novel (2013)

References

1960 births Living people Belgian journalists Goshen College alumni Writers from Brussels Université libre de Bruxelles alumni Belgian women novelists 20th-century Belgian novelists 21st-century Belgian novelists 20th-century Belgian women writers 21st-century Belgian women writers Belgian women journalists {{Belgium-writer-stub