Jakuta Alikavazovic

Jakuta Alikavazovic (born October 6, 1979 in Paris) is a French woman of letters. Her novel Corps volatils, published by Éditions de l'Olivier in 2007, was awarded the prix Goncourt du premier roman.

Biography

A former student of the École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay, she holds an agrégation de Lettres degree.

In 2010, her second novel Le Londres-Louxor received a very enthusiastic welcome from the press and found itself in the selection of the Prix du Livre Inter. In 2012, she published La Blonde et le Bunker, which won the special mention of the jury of the Prix Wepler.

She also wrote three books for children published by L'École des loisirs and has translated several books from English including Lila Azam Zanganeh's The Enchanter: Nabokov and Happiness and Ben Lerner's Leaving the Atocha Station and 10:04.

Work

Prizes and distinctions

• In 2007, Jakuta Alikavazovic was a laureate of the "Bourse du Talent écrivain" of the Jean-Luc Lagardère foundation
• In 2008, her novel Corps volatils was distinguished the Prix Goncourt du Premier Roman
• In 2012, La Blonde et le Bunker received the Mention Spéciale du jury of the Prix Wepler
• In 2013 and 2014, Jakuta Alikavazovic was a resident at the Villa Médicis at Rome

External links

• Jakuta Alikavazovic on La Cause littéraire
• Jakuta Alikavazovic on Babelio
• Jakuta Alikavazovic : Des obsessions, des rituels (Écrire aujourd’hui) on Diacritik (13 April 2016)
• "Le Londres-Louxor", de Jakuta Alikavazovic : beauté de l'incertitude on Le Monde (7 January 2010)
• Jakuta Alikavazovic: Leçon d'équilibrisme n°1 on Ina.fr (video) (3 November 2004)