Lola Lafon

1974 -

country of citizenship: France

native language: French

languages spoken, written or signed: French

occupation: writer, novelist, singer, feminist

award received: grand prix de l'héroïne Madame Figaro du roman, prix de la Closerie des Lilas, Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, Officer of Arts and Letters, prix Les Inrockuptibles, Prix Décembre

Lola Lafon (born 1974) is a French writer and musician.She was born in northern France, but grew up in Sofia and Bucharest. She is the author of five novels. Her best known novel The Little Communist Who Never Smiled is based on the life of the champion gymnast Nadia Comăneci. It has been translated into numerous languages and won ten literary prizes in France, among them the Prix Ouest-France Étonnants Voyageurs, the Prix Jules Rimet and the Prix Version Fémina. Source: Wikipedia (en)