Noëlle Châtelet (); born 16 October 1944 as Noëlle Jospin) is a French writer and lecturer at the

Paris Descartes University Paris Descartes University (), also known as Paris V, was a French public university located in Paris. It was one of the inheritors of the historic University of Paris, which was split into 13 universities in 1970. Paris Descartes completely merg ...

in the humanities. She is the author of essays, collections of short stories and novels translated into several languages.

Life and career

Noëlle Châtelet obtained her PhD at Paris 8 University with a thesis in sociology titled 'The Culinary Melee: Images and Institutions' about psychosocial and cultural aspects of

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in young women. She was director of the French Institute of Florence, Italy, from 1989 to 1991, and since 2003 is the vice-president of the Society of Men of Letters of France. She also participated as an actress in numerous works for television and film until 1987. She is the widow of the philosopher

François Châtelet Michel François Jacques Châtelet (; April 27, 1925 – December 26, 1985) was a historian of philosophy and political philosophy, philosopher and professor in the socratic tradition. He was the husband of philosopher Noëlle Châtelet. Châ ...

. She is the sister of

Lionel Jospin Lionel Robert Jospin (; born 12 July 1937) is a French politician who served as Prime Minister of France from 1997 to 2002. Jospin was First Secretary of the French Socialist Party, First Secretary of the Socialist Party from 1995 to 1997 and th ...

Honours

*2009:

Chevalier of the Legion of Honour The National Order of the Legion of Honour ( ), formerly the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour (), is the highest and most prestigious French national order of merit, both military and civil. Currently consisting of five classes, it was ...

*1987: Prix Goncourt de la Nouvelle, ''Histoires de bouche''

Bibliography

; Non-fiction * ''The Culinary Melee'' * ''A Contre-sens'', 1989 * ''A table'', 1992 * ''Le Baiser d'Isabelle'', 2007 ; Fiction Price of the young writer in 1995. * ''Histoires de bouches'', Mercure de France, 1986/Gallimard Folio, 1988. The new Prix Goncourt in 1987. * ''The Short scale'', Gallimard, 1991. Folio, 1993. * ''The Lady in Blue'', Folio, 1997. Price Anna de Noailles, the French Academy. * ''La Femme Coquelicot'', 1997 * ''Le Petite aux tournesols'', 1998 * ''La Tête en bas'', 2002, Adaptation of the novel and staged a performance of contemporary mime by ''Compagnie Vahram Zaryan'',2013 * ''La Dernière Leçon'', 2004 – adapted into the 2015 film '' The Final Lesson'' * ''Au pays des vermeilles'', 2009

External links

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