Ariane Le Fort

Ariane Le Fort
Born (1960-06-18) 18 June 1960 (age 64)
Mons, Belgium
OccupationWriter
NationalityBelgian
Alma materGoshen College
Université libre de Bruxelles
Notable awardsPrix Victor-Rossel (2003)
Children2

Ariane Le Fort (born 18 June 1960) is a Belgian writer.[1]

Biography

The daughter of a Swiss father and a Belgian mother, she was born in Mons and grew up there and in Brussels. She studied Latin and Greek at the Athénée Royal de Rixensart, then spent a year at Goshen College in Indiana and went on to study journalism and communications at the Université libre de Bruxelles.[2] Le Fort has worked as a journalist, as a librarian, as a retail clerk in a book store and as a homework tutor. She is also mother of two children[3] and teaches writing. Le Fort works hard to balance these activities with her writing.[4]

Selected works

  • L'eau froide efface les rêves, novel (1989)
  • Comment font les autres?, novel (1994)
  • Rassurez-vous, tout le monde a peur, novel (1999)
  • Beau-fils, novel (2003), received the Prix Victor-Rossel
  • On ne va pas se quitter comme ça ?, novel (2010)
  • Avec plaisir, François, novel (2013)

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References

  1. ^ "Ariane Le Fort". Culture. Université de Liège.
  2. ^ "Ariane Le Fort" (in French). Service du Livre Luxembourgeois.
  3. ^ "Ariane Le Fort, le plaisir d'être immorale en toute impunité". Le Soir (in French). May 31, 1999.
  4. ^ a b "Ariane Le Fort". Ministère de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles.


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