Marie NDiaye
Author · 18 books
Marie NDiaye was born in Pithiviers, France, in 1967; spent her childhood with her French mother (her father was Senegalese); and studied linguistics at the Sorbonne. She started writing when she was twelve or thirteen years old and was only eighteen when her first work was published. In 2001 she was awarded the prestigious Prix Femina literary prize for her novel Rosie Carpe, and in 2009, she won the Prix Goncourt for Three Strong Women.
Books

Ladivine
2013

The Cheffe
A Cook's Novel
2016

Three Strong Women
2009

Rosie Carpe
2001

Le bon Denis
2025

Trois pièces
2019

معلم ادبیات فرانسه
2020

My Heart Hemmed In
2007

Papa doit manger
2003

A diaba e sua filha
2000

La Sorcière
1996

Une femme puissante
2023

The Penguin Book of the International Short Story
2026

Among Family
1991

Musiques-fictions
Un pas de chat sauvage
2019

Vengeance Is Mine
2023

That Time of Year
1994

Quant au riche avenir
1985