Catherine Enjolet Explained

Catherine Enjolet (born in Paris) is a French novelist and essayist.

Biography

Enjolet is an author and a full professor of French Literature. She formerly taught Communication and Cultural Studies in the United States as well as at the Sorbonne in Paris, France. She is also a screenwriter and director, she was contracted by the INA (National Institute for Broadcasting) to study the relationships between literature and broadcasting in France. In 1990, Enjolet created the non-governmental organization Parrains Par Mille, which organizes voluntary sponsorship for isolated children "next door", to enable them to receive educational and emotional support.

Literature Prizes

Sélection des Lectrices de ELLE - 1997
Prix Georges Brassens - 1995
Prix du Jeune Cinéma Français - 1980

Awards

Chevalier des Arts et Lettres - 2015 (Officer of arts and letters)
Chevalier de la légion d'honneur - 2008 (Officer of legend and Honor)
Prix Figaro Humanitaire - 2005
Prix Trofémina - 2005
Prix Entreprise Citoyenne du Monde - CLARINS - 2004
Prix Radio France - 1995

Novels

Rousse comme personne, Stock, 1990 (prix Georges Brassens)
Princesse d'ailleurs, Éditions Phébus, 1997
Mémoires d'enfance, Phébus, short stories (collective work), 2008
Under Silence, Phébus, 2012, French Academy Creation Prize
Under Shadows, Phébus, 2014, Paris Literature Prize
Nina, Ed Lattes, 2016

Essays

En danger de silence, Robert Laffont, 1999
L'amour et ses chemins, Pocket, with Jacques Salomé, 2000
Les liens du sens, Ramsay, 2003
Ceux qui ne savent pas donner ne savent pas ce qu'ils perdent, JC Lattès, 2006
Conversations solidaires, édition Rue de L'Echiquier, 2009

. Defense for Affective Adoption ed Pocket 2011

Album

Une étoile pour chacun, Belin, 2006

Member of Jury

'Member of literary book award'
'Member of PARIS' book award
'Présidente of Morocco literary Prize'
'Presidente of international literary Escapes et conferences - Le Figaro Newspaper'
Member of jury of le literary Summer Novel Prize