Marie Redonnet is the nom de plume of Martine L'hospitalier (born
1948, Paris) who is a French writer of poems, novels, essays, short
stories, and plays. Her works have been translated into eleven
languages.[1][2]Martine L'hospitalier was born in 1948, her mother's
birth name was Redonnet. She studied literature, particularly Jean
Genet,[3] and she became a teacher[4] and began writing in the late
1970s.[5] Her first published work was Le Mort & Cie, a collection of
poems released in 1985. The following year, she published a collection
of short stories entitled Doublures. She followed that with a trilogy
of novels: Splendid Hôtel (1986), Forever Valley, and Rose Mélie
Rose (1987).[1]Redonnet has taught at the Université de la
Sorbonne-Nouvelle. From 1995 to 1997, she was responsible for the
research of art and language at the Centre national de la recherche
scientifique. From 2000 to 2004, she was an advisor for literature at
the French embassy in Morocco.[6]Her books are written in sparse prose
that some have compared to Samuel Beckett,[5]
1948, Paris) who is a French writer of poems, novels, essays, short
stories, and plays. Her works have been translated into eleven
languages.[1][2]Martine L'hospitalier was born in 1948, her mother's
birth name was Redonnet. She studied literature, particularly Jean
Genet,[3] and she became a teacher[4] and began writing in the late
1970s.[5] Her first published work was Le Mort & Cie, a collection of
poems released in 1985. The following year, she published a collection
of short stories entitled Doublures. She followed that with a trilogy
of novels: Splendid Hôtel (1986), Forever Valley, and Rose Mélie
Rose (1987).[1]Redonnet has taught at the Université de la
Sorbonne-Nouvelle. From 1995 to 1997, she was responsible for the
research of art and language at the Centre national de la recherche
scientifique. From 2000 to 2004, she was an advisor for literature at
the French embassy in Morocco.[6]Her books are written in sparse prose
that some have compared to Samuel Beckett,[5]
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