Marie NDiaye (born 4 June 1967) is a French novelist and playwright.
She published her first novel, Quant au riche avenir, when she was 17.
She won the Prix Goncourt in 2009. Her play Papa doit manger is the
sole play by a living female writer to be part of the repertoire of
the Comédie française.NDiaye was born in 1967 in Pithiviers, France,
less than a hundred kilometers south of Paris, to a French mother and
a Senegalese father. She grew up with her mother in the suburbs of
Paris. Her parents met as students in the mid-1960s, but her father
left for Africa when she was only one year old.She began writing at
the age of 12. As a senior in high school, she was discovered by
Jerome Lindon, founder of Éditions de Minuit, who published her first
novel, Quant au riche avenir, in 1985.[1] She subsequently wrote a
further six novels, all published by Minuit, and a collection of short
stories. She also wrote her Comédie classique, a 200-page novel made
up of a single sentence, which was published by Éditions P.O.L in
1988, when she was 21 years old. As well as novels, NDiaye has written
a number of plays and a screenplay. Her 2003 drama Papa doit manger is
only the second play by a female writer to be taken into the
repertoire of the Comédie française.
She published her first novel, Quant au riche avenir, when she was 17.
She won the Prix Goncourt in 2009. Her play Papa doit manger is the
sole play by a living female writer to be part of the repertoire of
the Comédie française.NDiaye was born in 1967 in Pithiviers, France,
less than a hundred kilometers south of Paris, to a French mother and
a Senegalese father. She grew up with her mother in the suburbs of
Paris. Her parents met as students in the mid-1960s, but her father
left for Africa when she was only one year old.She began writing at
the age of 12. As a senior in high school, she was discovered by
Jerome Lindon, founder of Éditions de Minuit, who published her first
novel, Quant au riche avenir, in 1985.[1] She subsequently wrote a
further six novels, all published by Minuit, and a collection of short
stories. She also wrote her Comédie classique, a 200-page novel made
up of a single sentence, which was published by Éditions P.O.L in
1988, when she was 21 years old. As well as novels, NDiaye has written
a number of plays and a screenplay. Her 2003 drama Papa doit manger is
only the second play by a female writer to be taken into the
repertoire of the Comédie française.
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