Dominique Barbéris
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Dominique Barberis, born in 1958, is a French novelist, author of literary studies and university professor, specialist in stylistics and writing workshops.
into a French family of Nantes
, her father was a diplomat in Africa
. Dominique Barberis studied at the Ecole Normale Superieure de Sèvres
and the University of Sorbonne, after her childhood in Nantes
, then in Brussels
. She teaches as associate professor of modern literature
, she began teaching in high school in Boulogne-Billancourt
before joining an insurance company as head of communications, she later taught in several schools. Then she returned as a professor at the University of Paris IV successively in foreign languages and applied foreign languages at the French Language Department in which she conducts courses and workshops on stylistic and writing fiction.
Passionate by literature, she published her first novel in Editorial Arles
in 1996 at the age of 38, before joining Gallimard in 1998 as an author. Its production is characterized by painting romantic atmospheres, provincial infancy.
She has also published several literary studies and prefaces.
Biography
Born in 1958 in CameroonCameroon
Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon , is a country in west Central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Cameroon's coastline lies on the...
into a French family of Nantes
Nantes
Nantes is a city in western France, located on the Loire River, from the Atlantic coast. The city is the 6th largest in France, while its metropolitan area ranks 8th with over 800,000 inhabitants....
, her father was a diplomat in Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
. Dominique Barberis studied at the Ecole Normale Superieure de Sèvres
Sèvres
Sèvres is a commune in the southwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris.The town is known for its porcelain manufacture, the Manufacture nationale de Sèvres, making the famous Sèvres porcelain, as well as being the location of the International Bureau of Weights...
and the University of Sorbonne, after her childhood in Nantes
Nantes
Nantes is a city in western France, located on the Loire River, from the Atlantic coast. The city is the 6th largest in France, while its metropolitan area ranks 8th with over 800,000 inhabitants....
, then in Brussels
Brussels
Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...
. She teaches as associate professor of modern literature
Modern literature
Modern literature can either refer to*modernist literature *modern literature ....
, she began teaching in high school in Boulogne-Billancourt
Boulogne-Billancourt
Boulogne-Billancourt is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris. Boulogne-Billancourt is a sub-prefecture of the Hauts-de-Seine department and the seat of the Arrondissement of Boulogne-Billancourt....
before joining an insurance company as head of communications, she later taught in several schools. Then she returned as a professor at the University of Paris IV successively in foreign languages and applied foreign languages at the French Language Department in which she conducts courses and workshops on stylistic and writing fiction.
Passionate by literature, she published her first novel in Editorial Arles
Arles
Arles is a city and commune in the south of France, in the Bouches-du-Rhône department, of which it is a subprefecture, in the former province of Provence....
in 1996 at the age of 38, before joining Gallimard in 1998 as an author. Its production is characterized by painting romantic atmospheres, provincial infancy.
She has also published several literary studies and prefaces.
Literature
- La Ville 1996
- L'Heure exquise 1998 - Marianne Award
- Le Temps des dieux 2000
- Les Kangourous 2002, filmed in 2005 by Anne Fontaine under the title Entre ses mainsEntre ses mainsEntre ses mains is a 2005 French-Belgian drama film directed by Anne Fontaine. The screenplay was written by Fontaine and Julien Boivent, and was based on the novel "Les Kangourous" by Dominique Barbéris....
- - Ce qui s'enfuit 2005
- Quelque chose à cacher 2007 - Deux Magots Award, 2008 and City of Nantes Award, 2008.
- Beau Rivage 2010
Studies and prefaces
- Un amour de Swann, 1990
- Chateaubriand 1994
- Un roi sans divertissement : an introduction to the work of Jean GionoJean GionoJean Giono was a French author who wrote works of fiction set in the Provence region of France.-First period:...
1991 - Langue et littérature : Anthology of XIX and XX century, (with Dominique Rincé) 1992
- Moderato cantabile / L'Amant, Marguerite DurasMarguerite DurasMarguerite Donnadieu, better known as Marguerite Duras was a French writer and film director.-Background:...
, 1995 - Le Grand Meaulnes, Alain FournierAlain FournierAlain Fournier was a computer graphics researcher.- Biography :Alain Fournier was born on November 5, 1943 in Lyon, France. He was married twice, first to Beverly Bickle and later to Adrienne Drobnies, with whom he had one daughter, Ariel.Fournier's early training was in chemistry, culminating in...
,1996 - Je suis aussi... preface to the poetry of Carlos Alvarado-LarroucauCarlos Alvarado-LarroucauCarlos Alvarado-Larroucau is a novelist, poet and essayist, born in San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina in 1964. After he completed his secondary education in the province of Tucumán, he settled in Buenos Aires, where he studied Languages, Philosophy and Law...
, Coll. Poètes des cinq continents, L'Harmattan, 2009
Reviews on her work
- Quatre lectures, Four readings: critical essay of Jean-Pierre RichardJean-Pierre RichardJean-Pierre Richard, is a French writer and literary critic.- Biography :Jean-Pierre Richard began his advanced studies at the École normale supérieure in the rue d'Ulm in 1941, passed the "agrégation" in literature in 1945, and got his doctoral degree in 1962...
, Fayard 2002.