Claude Pujade-Renaud


Claude Pujade-Renaud is a French writer, whose first novel Le Ventriloque appeared in 1978. Since that time she has published over twenty novels, short-story and poetry collections, as well as combined creative works with long-time partner Daniel Zimmermann. She won the prix Goncourt des lycéens in 1994 for Belle mère, her novel on stepmothering, and is a recipient of the French Writer's Guild Prize for her life's work.
A dance teacher, she taught Body Expression courses at the University of Paris-VIII, and is the author of a number of pedagogical texts relating to the body and the class-room.
Childlessness and sexuality are recurring themes in her novels, which have veered towards the historical in the latter part of her career.
None of her work is available in English.

Works

;Novels
;Short Stories
;Poetry
;Diverse
;With Daniel Zimmermann
;Collective Novel