Valérie Zenatti (born 1 April 1970, in

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) is a French writer, translator and screenwriter.

Biography

Her novel, ' enjoyed a critical and public success and - after being selected in the final

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and prix des libraires – was awarded the

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in June 2015.''Prix du Livre Inter : Valérie Zenatti pour "Jacob Jacob"''
on the site of

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8 June 2015. and seven other prizes including the

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, le Prix Libraires en Seine et le prix Azur. She's also the translator of Aharon Appelfeld into French.

Work

Children/young adult books

* 1999: ''Une addition, des complications'', , coll. Neuf * 1999: ''Une montre pour grandir'', , illustrations Frédéric Richard, École des loisirs, coll. Mouche * 2000: ''Koloïshmielnik s’en va-t-en guerre'', École des loisirs, coll. Neuf * 2001: ''Fais pas le clown, Papa !'', illustrations by Kimiko, École des loisirs, coll. Mouche * 2002: ''Le Secret de Micha'', illustrations Alan Metz, École des loisirs, coll. Mouche * 2002: ''Quand j'étais soldate'', École des loisirs, coll. Médium – 2004 * 2004: ''Jonas, poulet libre'', illustrations de Nadja, École des loisirs, coll. Mouche * 2004: ''Demain, la révolution !'', École des loisirs, coll. Neuf * 2005: ', École des loisirs, coll. Médium * 2007: ''Boubélé'', illustrations Audrey Poussier, École des loisirs, coll. Mouche * 2007: ''Adieu, mes 9 ans !'', École des loisirs, coll. Neuf * 2008: « Une balle perdue », nouvelle dans le recueil collectif ''Il va y avoir du sport mais moi je reste tranquille'', École des loisirs * 2009: ''Vérité, vérité chérie'', illustrations Audrey Poussier, École des loisirs, coll. Mouche * 2010: ''Le Blues de Kippour'' with Serge Lask, éd. Naïve

Novels

* 2006 : ''En retard pour la guerre'', éditions de l'Olivier ; Points Seuil sous le titre ''Ultimatum.'' * 2010: ''Les Âmes sœurs'', éditions de l'Olivier ; Points Seuil, 2011 * 2011: ''Mensonges'', éd. de l'Olivier * 2012: ''Mariage blanc'', éd. du Moteur * 2014: ''Jacob, Jacob'', éd. de l'Olivier ; Points Seuil, 2016 –

2015 et

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Translations

; From Hebrew to French: * 2004: ' by Aharon Appelfeld * 2006: ''L'Amour, soudain'' by Aharon Appelfeld * 2007: ''Double Jeu'' by

Yair Lapid Yair Lapid ( he, יָאִיר לַפִּיד, transliterated: , ; born 5 November 1963) is an Israeli politician and former journalist who has been serving as the 14th prime minister of Israel since 1 July 2022. He previously served as the alt ...

* 2008: ''Floraison sauvage'' by Aharon Appelfeld * 2008: ''Sur le vif'' by

Michal Govrin Michal Govrin ( he, מיכל גוברין; November 24, 1950) is an Israeli author, poet and theater director. Biography Michal Govrin was born and raised in Tel Aviv to a father who was part of the Third Aliyah and one of the founders of kibbu ...

* 2008: ''La Chambre de Mariana'' by Aharon Appelfeld * 2009: ''Un petit garçon idéal'' by Zeruya Shalev * 2009: ''Et la fureur ne s'est pas encore tue'' by Aharon Appelfeld * 2011: ''Le Garçon qui voulait dormir'' by Aharon Appelfeld * 2012: ''Yolanda'' by Moshé Sakal * 2013: ''Les Eaux tumultueuses'' by Aharon Appelfeld * 2014: ''Adam et Thomas'' by Aharon Appelfeld * 2015: ''Les partisans'' by Aharon Appelfeld

References

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