Isabelle Hausser (born 14 November 1953, in

Saint-Donat-sur-l'Herbasse Saint-Donat-sur-l'Herbasse (; Vivaro-Alpine: ''Sant Donat'') is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France. The writer and literary prizes winner Isabelle Hausser was born in Saint-Donat. Population Twin towns — sister cities ...

in the Drôme department) is a French novelist and translator.Goodreads: Novels by Isabelle Hausser
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Biography

She grew up in

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and in

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. She graduated from the

Institut d'études politiques de Bordeaux Institut d'études politiques de Bordeaux, also known as Sciences Po Bordeaux, is a French grande école located on the university campus of Pessac, Bordeaux. It is attached to the University of Bordeaux. Established in 1948, Sciences Po Bordeau ...

. She holds a master's degree in public law and is a former student of the

École nationale d’administration École may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France * École, Sav ...

in Strasbourg. From 1978 to 1987, she was an administrative judge at the Administrative Tribunal of Paris. Married to the diplomat , she accompanied him in her various posts: in Moscow from 1987 to 1991 where she held diplomatic posts, in Germany, 1994, Brussels, 1998, 2002, New York, Damascus in Syria from 2006 to 2009. She debuted in 1986 with the novel ''Célubée'' which reached several editions. In 1994, she received the prix des Libraires for the novel ''Nitchevo''. In addition to her own works, Isabelle Hausser-Duclos also translated 15 works from the German, English, Czech and Polish languages.

Bibliography

Novels

*1986: ''Célubée'', Julliard, and , 2000 *1987: ''Une nuit'', Julliard *1993: ''Nitchevo'', de Fallois, prix des libraires 1994 *1996: ''Les magiciens de l'âme'', de Fallois *1998: ''La chambre sourde'', de Fallois *2001: ''La table des enfants'', de Fallois, *2003: ''Une comédie familiale'', de Fallois *2006: ''Le passage des ombres'', de Fallois *2010: ''Petit Seigneur'', de Fallois *2014: ''Les couleurs du sultan'',

Translations

* 1987: ''Le Chock du futur'' (Future Shock) by

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* 1993: ''Olympe de Gouges 1748–1793. Courtisane et militante des droits de la femme'', by , de Fallois * 1995: ''Whisky américain'' (Amerykańska whiskey) by

Andrzej Szczypiorski Andrzej Szczypiorski (; 3 February 1928 – 16 May 2000) was a Polish novelist and politician. He served as a member of the Polish legislature, and was a Solidarity activist interned during the military crackdown of 1981. He was a secret polic ...

, de Fallois * 1996: ''Stefan Zweig, volume 3 : essais'', by

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, LGF/ Livre de Poche * 1996: ''Les prodiges de la vie'', by Stefan Zweig, LGF * 1997: ''Album Zweig'', by Stefan Zweig, LGF * 1997: ''Je voulais l'unité de l'Allemagne'', by

Helmut Kohl Helmut Josef Michael Kohl (; 3 April 1930 – 16 June 2017) was a German politician who served as Chancellor of Germany from 1982 to 1998 and Leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1973 to 1998. Kohl's 16-year tenure is the longes ...

, de Fallois * 1999: ''Derrick et moi : mes deux vies'', by

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, de Fallois * 2000: ''Mort transgénique'', by

Linda Grant Linda Grant (born 15 February 1951) is an English novelist and journalist. Early life Linda Grant was born in Liverpool. She was the oldest child of Benny Ginsberg, a businessman who made and sold hairdressing products, and Rose Haft; both p ...

, LGF * 2000: ''L'heure étoilée du meurtrier'' (Hvězdná hodina vrahů) by

Pavel Kohout Pavel Kohout (born 20 July 1928) is a Czech and Austrian novelist, playwright, and poet. He was a member of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, a Prague Spring participant and dissident in the 1970s until he was not allowed to return from Au ...

, de Fallois, . * 2004: ''L'incendie. L'Allemagne sous les bombes 1940-1945'', by Jörg Friedrich, de Fallois * 2005: '' Ne tirez pas sur l'oiseau moqueur'', by

Harper Lee Nelle Harper Lee (April 28, 1926February 19, 2016) was an American novelist best known for her 1960 novel ''To Kill a Mockingbird''. It won the 1961 Pulitzer Prize and has become a classic of modern American literature. Lee has received numero ...

, de Fallois: reworking and updating of the translation and postface * 2006: ''Le chirurgien ambulant'', by , de Fallois * 2006: ''Le Centre introuvable : la pensée politique des doctrinaires sous la Restauration'', by Aurelian Craiutu, Plon * 2008: ''Le Chirurgien de Campodios'', by Wolf Serno, de Fallois * 2009: ''Louis-Philippe. Le prince et le roi. La France entre deux révolutions'' by

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, de Fallois

Literary awards

* 1994: prix des libraires for ''Nitchevo'' * 2001:

grand prix Jean-Giono The Grand prix Jean Giono () is a French literary prize. It was established in 1990 at the initiative of Michel Albert, to honour the writer Jean Giono. Since 1992 it consists of two categories: the Jean Giono Grand Prize (Grand prix Jean Giono) a ...

for ''La table des enfants'' * 2002: grand prix des lectrices de ''Elle'' for ''La table des enfants'' * 2004: prix silhouette du 7e art for ''Une comédie familiale'' * 2006: prix du jury des lecteurs de Vivre Plus for ''Le passage des ombres''

References

External links

''Isabelle Hausser, écrivaine ambassadrice''
on ''

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''Les couleurs du Sultan', ou le roman en rouge d’Isabelle Hausser
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''Isabelle Hausser: les couleurs du Sultan''
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''Célubée'' by Isabelle HAUSSER
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"Pardonnez-moi" - L'interview d'Isabelle Hausser
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