Virginie Despentes

Virginie Despentes earns my admiration for confronting head-on the subjects most writers flinch from: gender, sexuality, poverty and the lives pushed to society's margins. The Prix Renaudot, the Lambda Literary Award and the Prix de Flore confirm her skill, but what I value far more is her refusal to retreat into comfortable evasions. Writers who shine a light into the corners the world prefers to ignore are rare and necessary. There is a fearless, almost dangerous honesty in turning rage and pain straight into prose. I am drawn to that uncompromising voice and the risks she takes on the page.

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Name (English)

Virginie Despentes

Name (Japanese)

ヴィルジニー・デパント

Reading

ゔぃるじにー・でぱんと

Born

June 13, 1969 (age 57)

Origin

Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France

Occupation

translator / film director / novelist / screenwriter / writer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Rooster

Awards & achievements

• 1998 Prix de Flore
• 2010 Prix Renaudot
• 2010 Lambda Literary Award
• 2010 prix Trop Virilo
• 2015 Le Vaudeville prize
• 2016 Prix Littéraire Livres & Musiques de Deauville
• 2019 The prize of the BNF

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginie%20Despentes
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%83%91%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q295015

Tags

• Meurthe-et-Moselle
• translator
• film director
• novelist

Last updated

September 23, 2026

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