Neige Sinno

{{Short description|French novelist and memoirist (born 1977)}}

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Neige Sinno (born 22 May 1977 Vars, Hautes-Alpes) is a French novelist, and memoirist. She won the Prix Goncourt des Lycéens, Prix Femina,{{Cite web |date=2023-11-06 |title=Le prix Femina remis à Neige Sinno pour "Triste tigre", récit d'un inceste |url=https://www.france24.com/fr/info-en-continu/20231106-le-prix-femina-remis-%C3%A0-neige-sinno-pour-triste-tigre |access-date=2025-06-04 |website=France 24 |language=fr}} and the Strega European Prize.{{Cite news |last=Camhi |first=Leslie |date=2025-04-04 |title=Neige Sinno Doesn’t Believe in Writing as Therapy |url=https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/neige-sinno-doesnt-believe-in-writing-as-therapy |access-date=2025-06-04 |work=The New Yorker |language=en-US |issn=0028-792X}}{{cite web |date=1977-05-22 |title=Neige Sinno wins 21 Goncourt choices around the world |url=https://www.institutfrancais.com/en/magazine/portrait/neige-sinno-wins-21-goncourt-choices-around-the-world |access-date=2025-06-04 |website=Institut français}}

Life

She lectured at Yale University.{{Cite web |title=Lecture by Writer Neige Sinno {{!}} Department of French |url=https://french.yale.edu/event/lecture-writer-neige-sinno |access-date=2025-06-04 |website=french.yale.edu}} She lives in Michoacan.{{Cite news |last=Chrisafis |first=Angelique |date=2025-04-05 |title=‘The anger became bigger than shame’: the writer whose memoir of child abuse has taken France by storm |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/apr/05/neige-sinno-interview-sad-tiger-sexual-abuse-memoir |access-date=2025-06-04 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}

Works

  • La Vie des Rats. 2007.
  • Le Camion, 2018
  • Triste Tigre, 2023 {{Cite web |date=2023-10-17 |title=Neige Sinno, raconter l’indicible |url=https://blog.culture31.com/2023/10/17/neige-sinno-raconter-lindicible/ |access-date=2025-06-04 |website=Culture 31 |language=fr-FR}}
  • Sad Tiger, translator Natasha Lehrer, 2025. {{ISBN|978-1-64421-467-1}} {{Cite news |last=Christensen |first=Lauren |date=2025-04-01 |title=A Victim of Childhood Rape Close-Reads Her Past |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/books/review/sad-tiger-neige-sinno.html |access-date=2025-06-04 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web |last=Juchau |first=Mireille |date=2025-05-17 |title=Sad Tiger |url=https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/culture/books/2025/05/31/sad-tiger |access-date=2025-06-04 |website=The Saturday Paper |language=en}}

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