Lydie Salvayre

1946 -

Country of citizenship: France

Native language: French

Languages spoken, written or signed: French

Educated at: University of Toulouse (1896-1968)

Occupation: novelist

Award received: Prix Décembre, Prix Goncourt, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres‎, Officer of the National Order of Merit, prix Marguerite-Yourcenar, prix des libraires de Nancy – Le Point

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Lydie Salvayre (born Lydie Arjona in 1948) is a French writer. Born in the south of France to Republican refugees from the Spanish Civil War, she went on to study medicine in Toulouse and continues to work as a practicing psychiatrist. She has been awarded the Prix Hermes, the Prix Décembre for her work, and the 2014 Prix Goncourt for Pas pleurer. Source: Wikipedia (en)