Claire Castillon
| Claire Castillon | |
|---|---|
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| Born |
25 May 1975 Boulogne-Billancourt |
| Language | French |
| Nationality | French |
| Genres | Novels, Short Stories |
Claire Castillon (born May 25, 1975 Boulogne-Billancourt) is a French writer. She lives in Paris and in "the country".
Life
She comes from a wealthy family, with a father who worked as a polytechnic engineer at Elf Aquitaine. [1]
He holds a degree in lettres, Claire Castillon started writing in 2000.
In the early 2000s, she has a relationship with Patrick Poivre d'Arvor, which is alluded in his novel The Death of Don Juan.
From 2004 to 2005, she hosted Until midnight on TPS Star, a fun and informative program about sex. She says doing so due to poor sales of his books: "It was an easy way to earn money."
She is the author of a play, The coughing Doll. She also participates in Little Fashion Book of the clothing brand "LFG".
She worked in a film adaptation of his novel I take root with director Marion Vernoux, for a "tantalizing" cast including Romain Duris, Mathieu Amalric, Pierre Arditi.
Works
- Le Grenier, novel, Anne Carrière, 2000. ISBN 9782253153658, awarded the Prix Contrepoint
- Je prends racine, novel, Anne Carrière, 2001. ISBN 9782253154488
- La Reine Claude, novel, Stock, 2002. ISBN 9782234068766
- Pourquoi tu m'aimes pas ?, novel, Fayard, 2003. ISBN 9782213641232
- Vous parler d'elle, novel, Fayard, 2004. ISBN 9782213641249
- Insecte, short stories, Fayard, 2006. ISBN 9782213641218
- On n'empêche pas un petit cœur d'aimer, short stories, Fayard, 2007. ISBN 9782253122586
- Dessous, c'est l'enfer, novel, Fayard, 2008. ISBN 9782213641423
- Les Cris, novel, Fayard, 2010. ISBN 9782253157076
- Les Bulles, short stories, Fayard, 2010. ISBN 9782213660561
- Les Merveilles, novel, Grasset, 2012. ISBN 9782246785866
- Les couplets: Nouvelles. Grasset. 3 April 2013. ISBN 978-2-246-80398-0.
- Eux, novel, L’Olivier, 2014. ISBN 9782823603675
- Works in English
- My Mother Never Dies: Stories. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 2009. ISBN 978-0-15-101426-2.