Jakuta Alikavazovic


Jakuta Alikavazovic is a French woman of letters. Her novel Corps volatils, published by Éditions de l'Olivier in 2007, was awarded the prix Goncourt du premier roman.

Biography

A former student of the École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay, she holds an agrégation de Lettres degree.
In 2010, her second novel Le Londres-Louxor received a very enthusiastic welcome from the press and found itself in the selection of the Prix du Livre Inter. In 2012, she published La Blonde et le Bunker, which won the special mention of the jury of the Prix Wepler.
She also wrote three books for children published by and has translated several books from English including Lila Azam Zanganeh's The Enchanter: Nabokov and Happiness and Ben Lerner's Leaving the Atocha Station and 10:04.

Work

Novels