Tatiana de Rosnay (born 28 September 1961) is a French writer.
Tatiana de Rosnay | |
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 Tatiana de Rosnay in 2013 | |
| Born | 28 September 1961 Neuilly-sur-Seine, France |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Spouse | Nicolas Jolly |
| Children | 2 |
| Father | Joël de Rosnay |
| Relatives | Gaëtan de Rosnay (grandfather) Gladwyn Jebb (grandfather) Cynthia Jebb (grandmother) |
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Life and career
editTatiana de Rosnay was born on 28 September 1961 in the suburbs of Paris. She is of English, French and Russian descent. Her father is French scientist Joël de Rosnay, her grandfather was painter Gaëtan de Rosnay and they were born in Mauritius. Tatiana's paternal great-grandmother was Russian actress Natalia Rachewskïa, director of the Leningrad Pushkin Theatre from 1925 to 1949.[1]
Tatiana's mother is English, Stella Jebb, daughter of diplomat and former Secretary-General of the United Nations, Gladwyn Jebb, and great-great-granddaughter of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the British engineer. Tatiana is also the niece of historian Hugh Thomas. Tatiana was raised in Paris and then in Boston, when her father taught at MIT in the 1970s. She moved to England in the early 1980s and obtained a bachelor's degree in English literature at the University of East Anglia,[2] in Norwich. On her return to Paris in 1984, she was a press officer, then became a journalist and literary critic for Psychologies Magazine.[1]
Since 1992, de Rosnay has published twelve novels in French and six in English. She has also worked on the series Family Affairs for which she has written two episodes with the screenwriter Pierre-Yves Lebert.[3][4] This series was broadcast on TF1 during the summer of 2000.
In 2007, de Rosnay published her most popular novel, Sarah's Key.[5] The book has sold over eleven million copies in the world.[6] In 2009 the book was adapted into the French film Sarah's Key by Serge Joncour, with Kristin Scott Thomas as Julia.[7]
In January 2010, several French magazines[who?] issued a ranking of the top French novelists, placing de Rosnay at number eight. In January 2011, Le Figaro magazine published a ranking of the top ten most read French authors.[8] This collation positioned de Rosnay at fifth.[9]
Novels
edit- L'Appartement témoin, 1992
- Mariés, pères de famille: Romans d'adultères, Plon, Paris, 1995. ISBN 9782259181624
- Le Dîner des ex: Roman, 1996
- Le Cœur d'une autre, 1998
- Le Voisin, 2000
- La Mémoire des Murs, 2003
- Spirales, 2004
- Elle s'appelait Sarah (trans. Sarah's Key), 2007
- Boomerang, 2009 (trans. A Secret Kept, 2010)
- Moka, 2009
- Rose, H. d'Ormesson, Paris, 2011. ISBN 9782350871608
- The House I Loved, St. Martin's Press, New York, 2012. ISBN 9780312593308 The main theme of this novel is Baron Haussmann's renovation of Paris and the consequences for the inhabitants of the areas to be reconstructed.
- À l’encre russe, Librairie Générale Française, Paris, 2013. ISBN 9782253177548
- The Other Story, St. Martin's Press, New York, 2014. ISBN 9781250045133
- Sentinelle de la pluie, Héloïse d'Ormesson, Paris, 2018. ISBN 9782350874425
- The Rain Watcher, St. Martin's Press, New York, 2018. ISBN 9781250200013
- Les Fleurs de l'ombre, Pocket, Paris, DL 2021. ISBN 9782266310772
- Flowers of Darkness, Martin's Press, New York, 2021. ISBN 9781250828705
Short story collection
edit- Son carnet rouge, 2014 (trans. A Paris Affair, 2015)
Nonfiction
edit- Manderley Forever: A Biography of Daphne du Maurier, St. Martin's Press, New York, 2017. ISBN 9781250099136
References
edit- ^ a b "Tatiana de Rosnay – Macmillan Speakers Bureau". Macmillanspeakers.com. September 28, 1961. Retrieved September 6, 2013.
- ^ "February | 2011 | Sarah's Key". Meganfast.wordpress.com. Retrieved September 6, 2013.
- ^ Simek, Peter (August 3, 2011). "Interview: Novelist Tatiana de Rosnay on the Film Adaptation of Sarah's Key | FrontRow". Frontrow.dmagazine.com. Retrieved September 6, 2013.
- ^ "La mémoire des murs de Tatiana de Rosnay – Imagin'Erre" (in French). Imaginerre.over-blog.com. Retrieved September 6, 2013.
- ^ "sarahskey.com". sarahskey.com. Retrieved September 6, 2013.
- ^ Nathalie Rouiller (April 26, 2020). "Tatiana de Rosnay, sa plume à l'ombre". Fandango.com.
- ^ Fresh Air from WHYY (July 26, 2011). "Kristin Scott Thomas: 'Sarah's Key' To A Dark Past". NPR. Retrieved September 6, 2013.
- ^ "Google Translate". May 21, 2011. Retrieved September 6, 2013.
- ^ Tatiana de Rosnay. "Tatiana de Rosnay". Tatiana de Rosnay. Retrieved September 6, 2013.
- ^ "Site officiel de Tatiana de Rosnay // Official site of Tatiana de Rosnay". www.tatianaderosnay.com. Retrieved September 11, 2018.
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