Florence Noiville
Florence Noiville, a French author and journalist, has been a long-time editor at Le Monde and the foreign fiction editor of Le Monde des Livres, the literary supplement of Le Monde.[1]
Biography
After studying at Sciences Po Paris, the international business school HEC Paris, and obtaining a Master's degree in Business Law, Noiville began her professional career in an American corporation, working in the financial sector. Against all odds, four years later, she left numbers behind and turned to what had always truly interested her: writing and literature.
Since 1994, she has worked as a journalist and literary critic for the French newspaper Le Monde. She has conducted numerous interviews and written profiles of authors such as Saul Bellow, Imre Kertész, John le Carré, Mario Vargas Llosa, and Herta Müller. Her interviews and writer portraits were published in English in Literary Miniatures (Seagull Books).[2]
From 2007 to 2010, she also hosted a literary program on the French TV channel LCI titled Le Monde des Livres. Among the authors she welcomed to her show were Claude Lanzmann, Joseph Stiglitz, Paul Auster, and Umberto Eco. In 2007–2008, she served as a judge for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize organized by The Independent and the British Council in London.[3]
Florence Noiville is also the author of four novels, two biographies, and an essay on the excesses of capitalism, titled I Went to Business School and I Apologize. Her novels combine literature and neuroscience. Her works have been translated into 13 languages.[4]
Personal Life
Florence Noiville is married to Martin Hirsch. They live in Paris with their three children.
Works
Literature for Adults
- Florence Noiville: Isaac Bashevis Singer. Stock, 2006, ISBN 978-2-234-05640-4.
- Florence Noiville: The Donation. Le Livre de Poche, 2009, ISBN 978-2-253-12588-4.
- Florence Noiville: I Went to Business School and I Apologize. J'ai lu, 2012, ISBN 978-2-290-05423-9.
- Florence Noiville: Attachment. Stock, 2014, ISBN 978-2-253-17541-4.
- Florence Noiville: The Delusional Illusion of Being Loved. Stock, 2015, ISBN 978-2-234-07340-1.
Children's Books
- Florence Noiville: And You, Your Grandmother. Actes Sud Junior, 2008, ISBN 978-2-7427-7183-7.
- Florence Noiville: Little Stories from Behind the Stove. Actes Sud Junior, 2006, ISBN 978-2-7427-6067-1.
- Florence Noiville: Baby Jules Who Didn't Want to Be Born. Editions Gallimard, 2005, ISBN 978-2-07-057065-2.
- Florence Noiville, Christine Noiville (Illustration): Unusual Stories of the Calendar Saints. Actes Sud Junior, 2004, ISBN 978-2-7427-5118-1.
- Florence Noiville, Serge Ceccarelli (Illustration): Roman Mythology. Actes Sud Junior, 2003, ISBN 978-2-7427-4530-2.
- Florence Noiville: Greek Heroes. Actes Sud Junior, 2002, ISBN 978-2-7427-4003-1.
- Florence Noiville: Greek Mythology. Actes Sud Junior, 2000, ISBN 978-2-7427-3070-4.
- Florence Noiville, Philippe Duma (Illustration): I'm Looking for the Keys to Paradise. L’École des loisirs, 1999, ISBN 978-2-211-06943-4.