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Maud Simonnot
French writer and editor From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Maud Simonnot (born 1979) is a French writer and editor.
Biography
She was born in Semur-en-Auxois in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.[1] She holds a BA in Art History and an MA in Publishing from Paris-Sorbonne University, as well as a PhD in Literature specializing in the history of publishing.[2][3]
Appointed as an editor for the Collection Blanche at Gallimard in 2012, she is also a member of the Gallimard Editions' Reading Committee.[4][5]
In June 2023, she left Gallimard to join Éditions du Seuil. She became the director of French fiction.[6][7]
At the beginning of 2025, she launched a new collection, Le Bar de la Sirène.[8]
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Publications
She is the author of several acclaimed books, including works of fiction and non-fiction.[9]
- La nuit pour adresse (Gallimard, 2017) - a life of the publisher Robert McAlmon, winner of the Prix Valery Larbaud
- L'Enfant céleste (novel), nominated for the Prix Goncourt des lycéens 2020
- L'Heure des oiseaux (novel), winner of the EU Prize for Literature.[10]
References
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