Leslie Kaplan
French writer and poet
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| Intro | French writer and poet | |
| Places | France | |
| is | Writer Poet | |
| Work field | Literature | |
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| Birth | 1943, New York City, USA | |
| Age | 82 years |
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Biography
Leslie Kaplan (born 1943) is an American-born French writer.
She was born in New York City and grew up in Paris. She studied philosophy, history and psychology and then worked for two years in a factory. Kaplan took part in the events of May 1968. She published her first book in 1982 L'Excès-l'usine, which received favourable comments from authors Marguerite Duras and Maurice Blanchot.
In 2017, she received a prize from the Société des gens de lettres recognizing her work.
Works[1]
- Le Livre des ciels (1983)
- Le Criminel (1985)
- Le Pont de Brooklyn (1987)
- L'Epreuve du passeur (1988)
- Le Silence du diable (1989)
- Les Mines de sel (1993)
- Depuis maintenant, Miss Nobody Knows (1996)
- Les Prostituées philosophes (1997)
- Le Psychanalyste (1999)
- Les Amants de Marie (2002)
- Les Outils (2003)
- Fever (2005)
- Toute ma vie j'ai été une femme (2008)
- Mon Amérique commence en Pologne (2009)
- Louise, elle est folle (2011)
- Millefeuille (2012) received the Prix Wepler
- Déplace le ciel (2013)
- Mathias et la Révolution (2016)