Linda Lê (1963 – 9 May 2022) was a French writer. She was a recipient of the Fénéon Prize, the

Prix Wepler The prix Wepler is a French literary award established in 1998 at the initiative of the Abbesses Bookshop, with the support of the La Poste Foundation, and the Brasserie Wepler (Place Clichy, 18th arrondissement of Paris) and which distinguishes, ...

, the Prix Renaudot du livre de poche, and the Prince Pierre de Monaco literary prize.

Biography

Lê was born in 1963 in

Da Lat Da Lat (also written as Dalat, vi, Đà Lạt; ), is the capital of Lâm Đồng Province and the largest city of the Central Highlands region in Vietnam. The city is located above sea level on the Langbian Plateau. Da Lat is one of the mos ...

to a Vietnamese father and a French mother. Refugees of the

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, Lê and her mother moved to France in 1977. Her father stayed back in Vietnam and died in 1995. She published her

debut novel A debut novel is the first novel a novelist publishes. Debut novels are often the author's first opportunity to make an impact on the publishing industry, and thus the success or failure of a debut novel can affect the ability of the author to p ...

when she was 23. She was awarded the Fénéon Prize in 1997 for her book ''Les Trois Parques'' and the

in 2010 for ''Cronos''. In 2011, she published 'À l'enfant que je n'aurai pas,' an autofictional letter which won the Prix Renaudot du livre de poche. In 2019, she was awarded the Prince Pierre de Monaco literary prize for her works as a whole. She died on 9 May 2022, at the age of 58.

Works

Novels

*''Calomnies'', Paris: Christian Bourgois (1993) *''Les Dits d'un idiot'', Paris: Christian Bourgois (1995) *''Les Trois Parques'', Paris: Christian Bourgois (1997) *''Lettre morte'', Paris: Christian Bourgois (1999) *''Cronos'', Paris: Christian Bourgois (2010) *''À l'enfant que je n'aurai pas'', Paris: Nil (2011) *''Lame de fond'', Paris: Christian Bourgois (2012) *''Héroïnes'', Paris: Christian Bourgois (2017)

Essays

*''Au fond de l'inconnu pour trouver du nouveau'', Paris: Christian Bourgois (2009) *''Chercheurs d'ombres'', Paris: Christian Bourgois (2017)

References

1963 births 2022 deaths French women novelists Vietnamese novelists Prix Fénéon winners French people of Vietnamese descent People from Da Lat Vietnamese emigrants to France {{France-novelist-20thC-stub