Ann Scott
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Ann Scott
Ann Scott (b. 3 November 1965, Paris
, France
) is a French novelist.
She is regarded as a social realist for her novels, which paint detailed portraits of contemporary youth haunted by teenage boredom, drugs, materialism, status obsession and social trangression. Her second novel Superstars has given her a cult status in France.
, France
. Her mother is a news photographer of Russian descent, and her father, a French businessman and art collector.
At age 16, she moved alone to London
, England
where she became a musician, playing drums with local punk
bands. At 18, she turned to fashion modelling for three years and was one of the first tattoo
ed fashion model to break through in prêt-à-porter and couture
in the eighties.
She is now a fiction writer and the author of six novels including Superstars
which has become a cult novel translated in several countries. She also publishes short stories in magazines and co-wrote Paradize for French band Indochine
for their album of the same title.
"immature" : "Being bisexual has often brought some kind of balance to my life, but having strict homosexual relationships led to pathological experiences for me ".
Ann Scott (b. 3 November 1965, Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
) is a French novelist.
She is regarded as a social realist for her novels, which paint detailed portraits of contemporary youth haunted by teenage boredom, drugs, materialism, status obsession and social trangression. Her second novel Superstars has given her a cult status in France.
Biography
She was born and raised in ParisParis
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. Her mother is a news photographer of Russian descent, and her father, a French businessman and art collector.
At age 16, she moved alone to London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
where she became a musician, playing drums with local punk
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
bands. At 18, she turned to fashion modelling for three years and was one of the first tattoo
Tattoo
A tattoo is made by inserting indelible ink into the dermis layer of the skin to change the pigment. Tattoos on humans are a type of body modification, and tattoos on other animals are most commonly used for identification purposes...
ed fashion model to break through in prêt-à-porter and couture
Haute couture
Haute couture refers to the creation of exclusive custom-fitted clothing. Haute couture is made to order for a specific customer, and it is usually made from high-quality, expensive fabric and sewn with extreme attention to detail and finished by the most experienced and capable seamstresses,...
in the eighties.
She is now a fiction writer and the author of six novels including Superstars
Superstars (Ann Scott novel)
Superstars, published in France in 2000 by Flammarion and translated in several languages, is the second novel by Ann Scott. Relating the tales of the techno culture emerging in France and in Europe in the late nineties, this pop novel instantly gave its author a cult status...
which has become a cult novel translated in several countries. She also publishes short stories in magazines and co-wrote Paradize for French band Indochine
Indochine (band)
Indochine is a French new wave/rock band, formed in 1981. The band was very successful in France in the 1980s, as well as other parts of continental Europe and Latin America, with songs like L'Aventurier and Canary Bay...
for their album of the same title.
Personal life
She has been romantically involved with musicians from the London eighties rock scene and is also known to have had bisexual affairs.Controversy
She was strongly rejected by a part of the French gay and lesbian community after declaring on the set of French TV show Nulle Part Ailleurs that she found homosexualityHomosexuality
Homosexuality is romantic or sexual attraction or behavior between members of the same sex or gender. As a sexual orientation, homosexuality refers to "an enduring pattern of or disposition to experience sexual, affectional, or romantic attractions" primarily or exclusively to people of the same...
"immature" : "Being bisexual has often brought some kind of balance to my life, but having strict homosexual relationships led to pathological experiences for me ".