Douna Loup (born 1982) is a

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writer.

Biography

She was born in

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and grew up in the

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area of France. Loup began writing for children's theatre. She spent six months working in an orphanage in

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. In 2010, she published ''Mopaya, Récit d'une traversée du Congo à la Suisse'' based on interviews with Gabriel Nganga Nseka. Her first novel ''L'embrasure'' was published by the

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in 2010. It received the

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Découverte, the for first francophone novel, the

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and the Prix Thyde-Monnier from the

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. It was followed by a second novel ''Les lignes de ta paume'' in 2012 which was awarded the Prix des jeunes romancier du Salon du livre du Touquet. In 2015, she published ''L’Oragé''; it received the

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and the jury's prize from the . Her play ''Et après le soleil se lève'' received the Prix de la Société Suisse des Auteurs. In 2012, she published ''The lines of your palm'', a novel in which she tells the story of the then eighty-five years old artist Linda Naeff, based on interviews they had together.

References

1982 births Living people Swiss women novelists Swiss dramatists and playwrights Swiss women dramatists and playwrights Writers from Geneva {{Switzerland-writer-stub