Violaine Huisman
Violaine Huisman | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1979 (age 46–47) |
| Notable work | The Book of Mother |
Violaine Huisman (born 1979) is a French writer. Her debut novel, The Book of Mother, won Prix Françoise Sagan and was longlisted for the International Booker Prize.
Early life and education
[edit | edit source]Violaine Huisman was born in 1979,[1][2] in Paris.[1][3] Her father was the French academic Denis Huisman, her mother Catherine Cremnitz.[4] She attended Lycée Henri-IV in Paris.[4] When she was nineteen, she moved to the United States, where she completed her studies.[4]
Career
[edit | edit source]Huisman has lived in New York for over two decades.[1][5] She worked in publishing and translated novels.[4] Huisman has coordinated the literary series at the Brooklyn Academy of Music,[1][3] as well as managed multidisciplinary arts festivals.[1][4] She works as an essayist and cultural journalist and has written for such publications as The New York Times, Vogue[6] and The Paris Review.[7]
Huisman's debut novel The Book of Mother was published by Éditions Gallimard in 2018[8] and tells the story of a Parisian woman's life, told partially through the eyes of her young daughter.[5] The novel addresses parts of the family history of Huisman, akin to autofiction.[5][9] It gained various literary awards, including Prix Françoise Sagan[1][3] and the Prix Marie Claire.[1][8] It was also longlisted for the International Booker Prize 2022[1] and was included in The New York Times 100 Notable Books list.[8]
Works
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