Delphine de Vigan
| Delphine de Vigan | |
|---|---|
 In Nancy, 2011 | |
| Born |
1 March 1966 Boulogne-Billancourt, France |
| Pen name | Lou Delvig |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Language | French |
| Nationality | French |
| Period | 2001–present |
| Notable works |
No and Me Nothing Holds Back the Night |
| Notable awards | Prix des librarires (2009) |
| Partner | François Busnel |
| Children | 2 |
Delphine de Vigan (born 1 March 1966) is an award-winning French novelist.
Biography and work
De Vigan wrote her first four novels at night while working at a public opinion firm in Alfortville by day. Her first published work, Jours sans faim (2001), was published under the pseudonym Lou Delvig, although since then she has written under her own name.[1]
Her breakthrough work was No et moi (2007), which won the Rotary International Prize in 2009 as well as France's prestigious Prix des libraires. The novel was translated into twenty languages and a film adaptations was released in 2010 (directed by Zabou Breitman).[2] Following the book's success, she became a full-time professional writer.
In 2011, her novel Rien ne s'oppose à la nuit ("Nothing holds back the night"), which deals with a family coping with a woman's bipolar disorder, won another clutch of French literary prizes, including the prix du roman Fnac, the prix Roman France Télévisions and the prix Renaudot des lycéens.[3]
Bibliography
Novels
- Jours sans faim, Éditions Grasset, 2001 (under the pseudonym Lou Delvig)
- Les Jolis Garçons, Jean-Claude Lattès, 2005
- Un soir de décembre, Jean-Claude Lattès, 2005
- No et moi, Jean-Claude Lattès, 2007 (No and me, Bloomsbury 2010)
- Sous le manteau, Flammarion, 2008 (contributor)
- Les Heures souterraines, Jean-Claude Lattès, 2009 (Underground Time, Bloomsbury 2011)
- Rien ne s'oppose à la nuit, Jean-Claude Lattès, 2011 (Nothing Holds Back the Night, Bloomsbury 2014)
Screenplays
- You Will Be My Son (2011) (with Gilles Legrand)