Alice Zeniter is a French novelist, translator, scriptwriter and director. Her novel Take This Man was published in English by Europa Editions in 2011. Zeniter has won many awards for her work in France, including the Prix Littéraire de la Porte Dorée, The Prix Renaudot des Lycéens and the Prix Goncourt de Lycéens, which was awarded to The Art of Losing. She lives in Brittany.
Alice Zeniter is a French novelist, translator, scriptwriter and director. Her novel Take This Man was published in English by Europa Editions in 2011. Zeniter has won many awards for her work in France, including the Prix Littéraire de la Porte Dorée, The Prix Renaudot des Lycéens and the Prix Goncourt de Lycéens, which was awarded to The Art of Losing. She lives in Brittany.
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