Julie Wolkenstein (''née'' Julie Poirot-Delpech) is a French writer born in 1968 in Paris. She is the daughter of

academician An academician is a full member of an artistic, literary, engineering, or scientific academy. In many countries, it is an honorific title used to denote a full member of an academy that has a strong influence on national scientific life. In syst ...

Bertrand Poirot-Delpech Bertrand Poirot-Delpech (10 February 1929, Paris – 14 November 2006) was a French journalist, essayist and novelist. He was elected to the Académie française on 10 April 1986. He is the father of writer Julie Wolkenstein. Early years Poirot ...

and, by her mother, the granddaughter of French industrialist . A professor of comparative literature at the

University of Caen The University of Caen Normandy (French: ''Université de Caen Normandie''), also known as Unicaen, is a public university in Caen, France. History The institution was founded in 1432 by John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford, the first rector ...

, she wrote a thesis on

Henry James Henry James ( – ) was an American-British author. He is regarded as a key transitional figure between literary realism and literary modernism, and is considered by many to be among the greatest novelists in the English language. He was the ...

Works

Novels

*1999: ''Juliette ou la paresseuse'', Paris, P.O.L., 262 p. *2000: ''L’Heure anglaise'', Paris, P.O.L., 189 p. *2001: ''Colloque sentimental'', Paris, P.O.L., 344p. *2004: ''Happy end'', Paris, P.O.L., 199 p. *2008: ''L’Excuse'', Paris, P.O.L., 344 p. *2013: ''Adèle et moi'', Paris, P.O.L., 600 p. *2015: ''Le Mystère du tapis d'Ardabil'', Paris, P.O.L, 384 p. *2017: ''Les Vacances'', Paris, P.O.L, 368 p. *2020: ''Et toujours en été'', Paris, P.O.L, 224 p.

Essays, translations

*2000: ''La Scène européenne : Henry James et le romanesque en question'', Paris, Éditions Honoré Champion, coll. « Bibliothèque de littérature générale et comparée », 359 p. *2006: ''Les Récits de rêves dans la fiction'', Paris, Éditions Klincksieck, 171 p. *2011:

Francis Scott Fitzgerald Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24, 1896 – December 21, 1940) was an American novelist, essayist, and short story writer. He is best known for his novels depicting the flamboyance and excess of the Jazz Age—a term he popularize ...

'', translation by Julie Wolkenstein, ''The Great Gatsby'', under the title ''Gatsby'', Paris, P.O.L, 278 p.

References

External links

''Adèle et moi'', Julie Wolkenstein
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''Adèle et moi'', Julie Wolkenstein
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Télérama ''Télérama'' is a weekly French cultural and television magazine published in Paris, France. The name is a contraction of its earlier title: ''Télévision-Radio-Cinéma''. Fabienne Pascaud is currently managing editor. Ludovic Desautez is dep ...

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Julie Wolkenstein
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Julie Wolkenstein
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Julie Wolkenstein Adèle et moi
on YouTube {{DEFAULTSORT:Wolkenstein, Julie French women novelists 21st-century French non-fiction writers 21st-century French essayists Academic staff of the University of Caen Normandy 1968 births Writers from Paris Living people 21st-century French women writers