Anna Rozen
Encyclopedia
Anna Rozen is a French
writer, best known for her short stories
. Born at Algiers
in 1960, she lived there for two years, but then grew up in France, first in Lorient
and later, and for longer, in Toulouse
; however she has spent the greatest part of her life in Paris
. Before establishing herself as a writer, she worked as an editor, first for an advertising agency
and later for television
, and she continues to do some television work.
Rozen claims to have kept a personal diary ever since she was 15, but her first published work was a book of short stories, Plaisir d'offrir, joie de recevoir (The pleasure of giving, the joy of receiving), published in 1999 and recounting a young woman's sexual experiences. Since then she has published novel
s, novella
s, children's books
and further collections of short stories. She has also worked as a translator
, her French version of Andrew Kaufman
's All my friends are superheroes appearing in 2007. , her adult work has not been translated into English, but one of her children's books, Le marchand de bruits has been announced for publication in English as The merchant of noises in 2007.
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...
writer, best known for her short stories
Short story
A short story is a work of fiction that is usually written in prose, often in narrative format. This format tends to be more pointed than longer works of fiction, such as novellas and novels. Short story definitions based on length differ somewhat, even among professional writers, in part because...
. Born at Algiers
Algiers
' is the capital and largest city of Algeria. According to the 1998 census, the population of the city proper was 1,519,570 and that of the urban agglomeration was 2,135,630. In 2009, the population was about 3,500,000...
in 1960, she lived there for two years, but then grew up in France, first in Lorient
Lorient
Lorient, or L'Orient, is a commune and a seaport in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France.-History:At the beginning of the 17th century, merchants who were trading with India had established warehouses in Port-Louis...
and later, and for longer, in Toulouse
Toulouse
Toulouse is a city in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern FranceIt lies on the banks of the River Garonne, 590 km away from Paris and half-way between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea...
; however she has spent the greatest part of her life in 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...
. Before establishing herself as a writer, she worked as an editor, first for an advertising agency
Advertising agency
An advertising agency or ad agency is a service business dedicated to creating, planning and handling advertising for its clients. An ad agency is independent from the client and provides an outside point of view to the effort of selling the client's products or services...
and later for television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
, and she continues to do some television work.
Rozen claims to have kept a personal diary ever since she was 15, but her first published work was a book of short stories, Plaisir d'offrir, joie de recevoir (The pleasure of giving, the joy of receiving), published in 1999 and recounting a young woman's sexual experiences. Since then she has published novel
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
s, novella
Novella
A novella is a written, fictional, prose narrative usually longer than a novelette but shorter than a novel. The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Nebula Awards for science fiction define the novella as having a word count between 17,500 and 40,000...
s, children's books
Children's literature
Children's literature is for readers and listeners up to about age twelve; it is often defined in four different ways: books written by children, books written for children, books chosen by children, or books chosen for children. It is often illustrated. The term is used in senses which sometimes...
and further collections of short stories. She has also worked as a translator
Translation
Translation is the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by means of an equivalent target-language text. Whereas interpreting undoubtedly antedates writing, translation began only after the appearance of written literature; there exist partial translations of the Sumerian Epic of...
, her French version of Andrew Kaufman
Andrew Kaufman
Andrew Kaufman is a Canadian writer, film director, and radio producer.His short film Aberistiwith was screened at festivals across Europe and Canada...
's All my friends are superheroes appearing in 2007. , her adult work has not been translated into English, but one of her children's books, Le marchand de bruits has been announced for publication in English as The merchant of noises in 2007.
External links
- Biography of Anna Rozen on the evene.fr site (in French)
- Autobiographical article on her publisher's site (in French)