Claude Pujade-Renaud
Illustration — Pujade-Renaud (right) with Daniel Zimmermann Claude Pujade-Renaud (25 February 1932 – 18 May 2024) was a French writer, whose first novel Le Ventriloque appeared in 1978. She subsequently published over twenty novels, short-story and poetry collections, as well as combined creative works with long-time partner Daniel Zimmermann. She won the prix Goncourt des lycéens in 1994 for Belle mère, her novel on being a stepmother, and was a recipient of the French Writer's Guild Prize for her life's work.
Claude Pujade-Renaud
- Full name
- Claude Renée Marie Pujade-Renaud.
- Born
- 1932. · Bizerte.
- Died
- 2024. · 15th arrondissement of Paris.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- writer, poet, dancer and choreographer.
- Fields
- creative and professional writing, dance, choreography and gender.
- Education
- Paris 8 University.
- Honours
- Prix Goncourt des Lycéens and Prize for Subjective Writing.
- Languages
- French.
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Illustration — Pujade-Renaud (right) with Daniel Zimmermann Claude Pujade-Renaud (25 February 1932 – 18 May 2024) was a French writer, whose first novel Le Ventriloque appeared in 1978. She subsequently published over twenty novels, short-story and poetry collections, as well as combined creative works with long-time partner Daniel Zimmermann. She won the prix Goncourt des lycéens in 1994 for Belle mère, her novel on being a stepmother, and was a recipient of the French Writer's Guild Prize for her life's work.
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A dance teacher, she taught Body Expression courses at the University of Paris-VIII, and was the author of a number of pedagogical texts relating to the body and the class-room. Childlessness and sexuality were recurring themes in her novels, which have veered towards the historical in the latter part of her career. Pujade-Renaud died on 18 May 2024, at the age of 92.
Claude Pujade-Renaud studied at Paris 8 University. The recorded working language is French. The field of work recorded is creative and professional writing, dance and choreography. Employment is recorded with Paris 8 University. Distinctions recorded are Prix Goncourt des Lycéens and Prize for Subjective Writing.
• Novels • 1988: La Danse océane, Fabert; Actes Sud Babel 1996 • 1992: Martha ou le Mensonge du mouvement, Manya; Actes Sud Babel 1996 • 1994: Belle mère, Actes Sud Babel; J'ai Lu 1997 • 1996: La Nuit la neige, Actes Sud; Actes Sud Babel 1998; J'ai Lu 1998 • 1997: Le Sas de l'absence, Actes Sud, prix de lécrit intime; Actes Sud Babel 2000 (publié avec La Ventriloque) • 1998: A Corps et A Raison • 1999: Platon était malade, Actes Sud • 2004: Le Jardin forteresse, Actes Sud • 2006: Chers Disparus, Actes Sud • 2007: Le Désert de la grâce, Actes Sud • 2008: Transhumance des ombres, Circa 1924 • 2010: Les Femmes du braconnier, Actes Sud • Short Stories • 1985: Les Enfants des autres, Actes Sud • 1989: Un si joli petit livre, Actes Sud, Prix de la Fondation Thyde-Monnier; Actes Sud Babel 1999 • 1991: Vous êtes toute seule?, Actes Sud, prix de la nouvelle du Rotary Club; Actes Sud Babel 1994; Librio 1997 • 1993: La Chatière, Actes Sud • 2001: Au Lecteur précoce, Actes Sud • 2007: Sous les mets les mots, Nil • Poetry • 2003: Instants incertitudes, Le Cherche midi éditeur • Diverse • 2000: Celles qui savaient, Actes Sud • With Daniel Zimmermann • 1995: Les Écritures mêlées, éditions Julliard • 2000: Septuor, Le Cherche midi éditeur • 2004: Duel. Correspondance 1973-1993, Le Cherche midi éditeur • 2004: Championne à Olympie, Gallimard, Folio Junior • Collective Novel • 1995: L'Affaire Grimaudi, Editions du Rocher (with Alain Absire, Jean-Claude Bologne, Michel Host, Dominique Noguez, Martin Winckler, Daniel Zimmermann)
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Bizerte.
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