Lydie Salvayre (born ''Lydie Arjona'' in 1948) is a French writer. Born in the south of France to

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s from the

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, she went on to study medicine in

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and continues to work as a practicing

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. She has been awarded the Prix Hermes, the

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for her work, and the 2014

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for '' Pas pleurer''.

Works

* ''La Déclaration'' (1990) * '' La Vie commune'' (1991) - translated into English as ''Everyday Life'' (Dalkey Archive Press 2006) * ''La Médaille'' (1993) - translated into English as ''The Award'' (Four Walls Eight Windows 1997) * ''La Puissance des mouches'' (1995) - translated into English as ''The Power of Flies'' (Dalkey Archive Press 2007) * ''La Compagnie des spectres'' (1997) - translated into English as ''The Company of Ghosts'' (Dalkey Archive Press 2006) * ''Quelques conseils aux élèves huissiers'' (1997) * ''La Conférence de Cintegabelle'' (1999) - translated into English as ''The Lecture'' (Dalkey Archive Press 2005) * ''Les Belles âmes'' (2000) * ''Le Vif du vivant'' (2001) * ''Et que les vers mangent le bœuf mort'' (2002) * ''Contre'' (2002) * ''Passage à l'ennemie'' (2003) * ''La méthode Mila'' (2005) * ''Dis pas ça'' (2006) * ''Lumières sur la CCAS. Les activités sociales des salariés de l'énergie'' (2006, collective work) * ''Portrait de l'écrivain en animal domestique'' (2007) * ''Petit traité d'éducation lubrique'' (2008) * ''BW'' (2009) * ''Hymne'' (2011) * ''7 femmes'' (2013) * ''Pas pleurer'' (2014, Prix Goncourt); published in English in 2016 by

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as '' Cry, Mother Spain'' (translated by

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). * ''Marcher jusqu'au soir (2019)

Decorations

* Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters (2015)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Salvayre, Lydie People from Loir-et-Cher 1948 births Living people French medical writers French women writers Prix Décembre winners Prix Goncourt winners French people of Spanish descent French psychiatrists Commandeurs of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres French women psychiatrists