Lydie Salvayre

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Lydie Salvayre (b.1948) is a French writer. Born in the south of France to Republican refugees from the Spanish Civil War, she went on to study medicine in Toulouse and continues to work as a practicing psychiatrist. She has been awarded both the Prix Hermes and the Prix Novembre for her work.

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  • La Déclaration (1990)
  • La Vie commune* (1991)
  • La Médaille* (1993)
  • La Puissance des mouches (1995)
  • La Compagnie des spectres* (1997)
  • Quelques conseils aux élèves huissiers (1997)
  • La Conférence de Cintegabelle* (1999)
  • Les Belles âmes (2000)
  • Le Vif du vivant (2001)
  • Et que les vers mangent le bœuf mort (2002)
  • Contre (2002)
  • Passage à l'ennemie (2003)
  • La méthode Mila (2005)

*indicates a work that has been translated into English

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