Carole Martinez

Carole Martinez (10 November 1966 in Créhange) is a French contemporary novelist.

Carole Martinez at salon du livre Radio France, 26 November 2011

Biography

She was at a time tempted by theatre and created her troupe at age 20.^[1]

She is a teacher of French.

Her first novel, Le Cœur cousu [fr], released discreetly in February 2007, received numerous prizes thereafter.^[2][3] Her second novel, Du domaine des Murmures [fr], was short-listed for the prix Goncourt (the prize eventually went to L'Art français de la guerre by Alexis Jenni with five votes, and three to Carole Martinez)^[4]. She finally was awarded the prix Goncourt des lycéens.

Publications

Youth

• 1998: Le Cri du livre, Paris, Pocket, series "Jeunesse", 175 p. ISBN 978-2266079945. Reissued under the title L'Œil du témoin, Paris, éditions Rageot, series "Heure noire", 2011, 192 p. ISBN 978-2700236156

Novels

• 2007: Le Cœur cousu, Paris, éditions Gallimard, Collection Blanche, 430 p. ISBN 978-2070783052
  • The Threads of the Heart. Translated by Howard Curtis. Europa Editions. 2013. ISBN 9781609450878.^[5]

Prix Renaudot des lycéens (2007)

Prix Ulysse (2007)

Prix Emmanuel Roblès (2007)

Premier prix du Festival du Premier Roman de Chambéry (2007)

Bourse de la Découverte - Prix Découverte Prince Pierre de Monaco (2007)

Bourse Thyde Monnier (2007)

Prix des lycéens de Monaco

• 2011: Du domaine des Murmures, Paris, éditions Gallimard, Collection Blanche, 208 p. ISBN 978-2070131495
  • The Castle of Whispers. Translated by Howard Curtis. Europa Editions. 2014. ISBN 9781609451820.^[6]

Prix Goncourt des lycéens (2011)^[7]

Prix Marcel-Aymé (2012)^[8]

• 2015: La terre qui penche, Paris, éditions Gallimard, Collection Blanche, ISBN 9782070149926

Feuille d'or de la ville de Nancy

• 2020: Les roses fauves, Paris, éditions Gallimard, Collection Blanche, ISBN 9782072788918
• 2024: Dors ton sommeil de brute, Paris, éditions Gallimard, ISBN 9782072929861

Choix Goncourt de la Pologne (2024)^[9]