Marie-Thérèse Humbert (born July 17, 1940) is a

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writer. She is a recipient of the

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Biography

She was born in Quatre Bornes and was educated at

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and the Sorbonne. She moved to

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in 1968. She ran as a socialist candidate in the

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department of France and also ran as a candidate for municipal government in Saint-Julien-de-Vouvantes.

Selected works

Source:

Novels

* ''À l'autre bout de moi'' (1979), received the

. * ''Le Volkameria'' (1984) * ''Une robe d'écume et de vent'' (1989) * ''Un fils d'orage'' (1992), received the Prix Terre de France * ''La montagne des signaux'' (1994) * ''Le chant du seringat la nuit'' (1997) * ''Amy'' (1998) * ''Comme un voile d'ombres'' (2000)

Short stories

* "En guise de préface" in ''Maurice, le tour de l'île en quatre-vingts lieux'' (1994) * "Parole de femme" in ''Au tour des femmes'' (1995) * "De la lumière, de l'amour et du silence", "Le tout ainsi, en vrac" and "Clopin-clopant" in ''

Raymonde Vincent Raymonde Vincent (; 23 September 1908 – 5 January 1985) was a French writer. She won the Prix Femina in 1937 for her novel '. Biography A native of Berry, Raymonde Vincent was born near Luant near Châteauroux in Indre, into a family of ...

, 1908-1985, hommages'' (1995) * "Adeline" in ''Tombeau du cœur de François II'' (1997) * "La véritable histoire de notre mère Eve au Jardin d'Eden" in ''Elles, Histoires de femmes'' (1999) * "Les galants de Lydie" in ''Une enfance outremer'' (2001) * "Fraternité ; hommage au poète Édouard Maunick" in ''Riveneuve Continents'', Winter 2009-2010

References

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