Line Papin (born 30 December 1995) is a French novelist.[1]
Line Papin | |
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 Papin in 2021 | |
| Born | 30 December 1995 Hanoi, Vietnam |
| Language | French |
| Nationality | French |
| Alma mater | Lycée Fénelon La Fémis |
| Notable awards | Prix littéraire de la vocation |
Biography edit
Early life edit
Line Papin was born in Hanoi on 30 December 1995, to a French father who was a historian and a Vietnamese mother who was a translator. She grew up in Vietnam, and at the age of 10, she moved to France where she changed schools five times. Affected by this uprooting, she suffered from anorexia.[2]
After undertaking a khâgne course at the Lycée Fénelon in Paris, she sat an exam for the École normale supérieure. She then continued her studies in cinema and history of art at the Sorbonne, before passing the exam for entry to the film school La Fémis.
At 16 years of age, she showed her work to professionals for the first time: the publishing house of Christian Bourgois. She was given good advice and set about doing more work, and at the age of 20, presented a more accomplished text to the Stock publishing house.[3]
Literature edit
Her first novel, L'Éveil, was published in August 2016 by Stock. It is the story of four young expats whose voices and lives cross paths.[4] The book received a warm reception from the press, as well as several prizes such as the Prix littéraire de la vocation.[5]
Her second novel, Toni, was published in January 2018 by Stock, and is a story about siblings. She tells of the search for an individual and a childhood lost in the nights of Berlin.[6]
Her third book, Les Os des filles, was published in April 2019. An autobiographical work, it concerns the maternal line of descent and the fragility of existence, over three generations of women, the Vietnam War, exile, and illness.[7][8] Hailed by the press and booksellers, it was nominated for the Readers' Prize of Le Livre de Poche.[9][10]
Her fourth novel, Le Cœur en laisse, was published in March 2021.
Une Vie possible, published in 2022, is a novel and essay about women’s body, women’s rights and motherhood.
In 2023, she publishes Après l’amour, a poetry book about love and break up, illustrated by the painter Inès Longevial.
Personal life edit
In 2018, she was in a relationship with singer Marc Lavoine.[11][12] They married on 25 July 2020 and divorced in 2022.[13]
Literary works edit
Novels edit
- L'Éveil, Stock, 2016 – Prix de la Vocation
- Toni, Stock, 2018
- Les Os des filles, Stock, 2019. The Girl Before Her, English translation (Kaya Press.)
- Le Cœur en laisse, Stock, 2021
- Une vie possible, Stock, 2022
Poetry edit
- Après l’amour, Stock, 2023
References edit
- ^ Fruchon-Toussaint, Catherine (27 March 2020). "Littérature sans frontières - Un pays, un auteur: au Vietnam avec Line Papin" [Literature without borders - A country, an author: to Vietnam with Line Papin]. RFI (in French). Retrieved 30 April 2020.
- ^ Le Vaillant, Luc (6 May 2019). "Line Papin, c'est ça la France" [Line Papin, that's France]. Libération.fr (in French). Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ Ferniot, Christine (10 October 2016). "Line Papin, l'écrivaine remarquable de cette rentrée littéraire" [Line Papin, the remarkable author of this autumn publishing season]. Télérama.fr (in French). Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ de Montety, Etienne (8 September 2016). "Nos premiers romans de la rentrée : L'Éveil, de Line Papin" [Our first novels of the publishing season: L'Éveil, by Line Papin]. Le Figaro.fr (in French). Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ "Line Papin, prix de la Vocation 2016". BibliObs (in French). 20 September 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ Aïssaoui, Mohammed (1 March 2018). "Toni : Line Papin et son cousin magique" [Toni: Line Papin and her magic cousin]. Le Figaro.fr (in French). Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ Ferniot, Christine (11 June 2019). "Les os des filles, Line Papin". Télérama.fr (in French). Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ Loret, Eric (27 May 2019). "Avec " Les Os des filles ", Line Papin redonne chair aux chères siennes". Le Monde.fr (in French). Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ de Montety, Etienne (10 April 2019). "Les Os des filles, de Line Papin: entre deux rives" [Los Os des filles, by Line Papin: between two banks]. Le Figaro.fr (in French). Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ Thomas, Vincy (12 April 2019). "8 livres dans la course du Prix Le Vaudeville 2019" [8 books in the running for the Prix Le Vaudeville 2019]. Livres Hebdo (in French). Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ Avellaneda, Julia (28 March 2020). "" Je l'admire " : pourquoi Marc Lavoine se confie tant sur sa compagne Line Papin" ["I admire her": why Marc Lavoine is opening up so much on his partner Line Papin]. Gala.fr (in French). Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ Gegout, Salomé (21 February 2020). "Line Papin raconte tout : Marc Lavoine, anorexie, exil "destructeur"" [Line Papin tells all: Marc Lavoine, anorexia, "destructive" exile]. Le Journal des Femmes (in French). Retrieved 30 April 2020.
- ^ "Marc Lavoine et Line Papin se sont mariés".
