Lydie Salvayre

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Lydie Salvayre (born Lydie Arjona in 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.[1]

She has been awarded both the Prix Hermes and the Prix Décembre[2] for her work.

Works

  • 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

References

  1. Blandin, Noel (20 August 2009). "Biographie : Qui est Lydie Salvayre ?". La République des Lettres. Retrieved 14 January 2011. 
  2. "Prix Décembre". Prix Littéraires. Retrieved 14 January 2011. 


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