Violaine Huisman (born 1979) is a French writer. Her debut novel, The Book of Mother, won Prix Françoise Sagan and was longlisted for International Booker Prize.

Violaine Huisman
Born1979
NationalityFrench
Notable workThe Book of Mother

Early life and education

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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

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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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  • Fugitive parce que reine (2018)[5][8]
    • English ed.: The Book of Mother (2021). Scribner. trans. by Leslie Camhi[1][9]
  • Rose Désert (2019)[8]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Violaine Huisman". The Booker Prizes. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
  2. ^ "The Book of Mother: A Conversation with Violaine Huisman and Deborah Treisman". ALBERTINE. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
  3. ^ a b c "Violaine Huisman". Vancouver Writers Fest. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Violaine Huisman". Oeilpaca (in French). Retrieved 2023-01-31.
  5. ^ a b c d Camhi, Leslie (2021-10-19). "Violaine Huisman's Dazzling Debut Is All About Her Mother". Vogue. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
  6. ^ "Violaine Huisman Books". Hachette. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
  7. ^ "Violaine Huisman, Author at The Paris Review". The Paris Review. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
  8. ^ a b c d e "Violaine Huisman". LUMA Arles. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
  9. ^ a b Orange, Michelle (2021-10-19). "A Daughter Parses the Life of a Mother Prone to High Drama". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-01-31.