Michèle Desbordes (4 August 1940, Saint-Cyr-en-Val (

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Biography

After studying literature at the Sorbonne, she became a curator in libraries in Parisian universities, then in Guadeloupe in public readings. In 1994, she was appointed director of the University Library of Orléans. From her home in Baule she wrote poems and novels.

Works

*1986: ''Sombres dans la ville où elles se taisent'' (poetry), Arcane 17 *1997: ''L'Habituée'', *1999: ''La Demande'', Verdier *2000: ''Le Commandement'', Gallimard *2001: ''Le Lit de la mer'', Gallimard *2004: ''La Robe bleue'', Verdier, inspired by the story of

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*2004: ''Dans le temps qu'il marchait'', éditions Laurence Teper *2005: ''Un été de glycine'', Verdier *2006: ''L'Emprise'', Verdier *2006: ''Artemisia et autres proses'', éditions Laurence Teper *2008: ''Les Petites Terres'', éditions Verdier

Distinctions

For her work ''La Demande'', 1999.:Liste des prix de ''La Demande'', on the site of Éditions Verdier.
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1999 * Flaiano Literary Prize 2001

References

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