Marie Nimier

{{short description|French writer (born 1957)}}

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Marie Nimier (born 1957) is a French writer.

She was born in Paris in 1957. Her father was the writer Roger Nimier (1925-1962) who was a key figure in the Hussards movement that opposed the French existentialists led by Sartre. She has published numerous books, and her works have been translated into the major European languages. She won the Prix Médicis in 2004 for La Reine du silence, in which she evoked her relationship with her father. She is also a playwright and songwriter.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lepetitlitteraire.fr/auteurs/marie-nimier|title=lePetitLitteraire.fr - Marie Nimier|website=lePetitLitteraire.fr}}{{Cite web|url=https://actu.fr/normandie/le-havre_76351/lecrivain-marie-nimier-presente-dernier-roman-confidences-havre_24639110.html|title=L'écrivain Marie Nimier présente son dernier roman, " Les confidences ", au Havre|website=actu.fr}}