Sylvie Germain

Erin Tremblay Ponnou-Delaffon (Illinois State University)

Ed. by David Houston Jones, University of Exeter
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.5.2.07: French Writing and Culture: Postwar and Contemporary, 1945-present.
Vol. editors: Kate Averis (University of Western Australia), Hugo Azerad (University of Cambridge), Patrick ffrench (King's College London), Edward Forman (University of Bristol), Akane Kawakami (Birkbeck, University of London), Siobhán McIlvanney (King's College London), Sinan Richards (King's College London), Tim Unwin (University of Bristol), David Williams (University of Sheffield)

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Born 1 Jan 1954
Activity 1985-ongoing

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Born in France
Active in France; Czech Republic

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Novelist

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Children's/Young Adult writer

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Since her 1985 debut on the literary scene, Sylvie Germain has become an important and unique voice in contemporary French literature. A prolific writer, she has authored novels, prose narratives, short stories, prefaces and postfaces, and even some poetry and a children’s story. In addition, she has collaborated with contemporary artists and photographers and penned essays on topics ranging from visual arts and literary aesthetics to faith and religion (in particular the untranslated 2004

Les Personnages

[The Characters] and 1996

Les Echos du silence

[The Echoes of Silence]). While steeped in philosophical and ethical thinking, her fiction and non-fiction also explore the shadowy places of the human mind and soul, as well as spiritual modes of engaging with the world.

Sylvie Germain

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Citation: Ponnou-Delaffon, Erin Tremblay. "Sylvie Germain". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 07 April 2011 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=12857, accessed 22 November 2024.]

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