Viviane Forrester (born 29 September 1925 Paris) is a writer, essayist, novelist and literary critic. She works for Le Monde, Le Nouvel Observateur and Quinzaine littéraire and is a member of the jury of the Prix Femina. She became famous internationally with her books on political affairs. In L'Horreur économique and Une étrange dictature she criticizes the globalisation of society.
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She won the Prix Goncourt de la Biographie in 2009 for her biography of Virginia Woolf.[1]. She also won the Prix Femina de l'essai in 1983 for her biography of Van Gogh an the Prix Médicis de l'essai in 1996 for "LHorreur économique". Since 1992, she is a member of the Jury of the Prix Femina.
°Le Grand festin. Denoël.1971
This is the central point of Viviane Forrester's book: the consequences of the market economy have 'such inattention that the inattention itself is not even noticed'. In other words, a blind eye is being turned to the inequalities created by the capitalist system. She adds that, 'achieving general indifference is more a victory for the system than gaining partial support'. Her contention being that what is more important to the representatives of capital is ensuring that people do not question or care about what is going on, rather than trying to win positive endorsement for the way the system is run from the majority of the population.[2]