Victoria Mas
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Victoria Mas | |
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| Born | 1987 |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, journalist |
Victoria Mas, born in 1987 in Le Chesnay in the Yvelines, is a French novelist and journalist.
Biography
[edit]Victoria Mas is the daughter of Jeanne Mas.[1][2] After obtaining a degree in Languages and Literature and a Master's in Modern Literature at the Sorbonne, she worked in cinema as a production assistant, script supervisor, and set photographer.[3]
She published her first novel, Le Bal des folles, in 2019,[4] which was awarded the Talents Cultura prize in July 2019.[5] This book became a great literary success and earned her the Grand Prix Stanislas for a first novel,[6] the BPE Patrimoines Prize,[7] as well as the Première Plume Prize. On 14 November 2019 she also received the Renaudot des Lycéens Prize.[8].
Le Bal des folles is set in the Salpêtrière hospital at the end of the 19th century and focuses on Dr. Charcot's research on hysteria and hypnosis among interned women.[9]. According to Jérôme Garcin from L'Obs, "In a clear, pastel-like prose... the young novelist stigmatizes triumphant machismo and gives a moving voice to those who were silenced, smothered, hypnotized." The novel was adapted into a film, The Mad Women's Ball, by director Mélanie Laurent.[10] It has also been translated into twenty-five languages[11] and has sold more than 190,000 copies.[12].
In 2022, she published Miracle, which explores the theme of popular beliefs through the story of a teenager who experiences visions of the Virgin Mary on a small island in Brittany, the island of Batz.[13]
Books
[edit]Cooking Guide
[edit]- The Farm to Table French Phrasebook: Master the Culture, Language, and Savoir-Faire of French Cuisine, Ulysses Press, 2014.
Novels
[edit]- Le Bal des folles, Éditions Albin Michel, 2019, 251 pages.
- Un miracle, Éditions Albin Michel, 2022, 224 pages.
References
[edit]- ^ Virginie Bloch-Lainé, Spirite, es-tu là ? Une jeune fille cloîtrée chez Charcot par Victoria Mas, Libération, 14 septembre 2019, p. 50.
- ^ "Vous allez aimer follement cette romancière : Rencontre avec Victoria Mas". 12 September 2019.
- ^ "Et si Victoria Mas avait accompli « Un miracle » de second roman?". 19 September 2022.
- ^ Fabienne Pascaud, Télérama, numéro 3634, septembre 2019, p.63.
- ^ "Les Talents Cultura 2019". 14 July 2019.
- ^ Victoria Mas, lauréaté 2019 du prix première plume, La Voix du Nord, 18 septembre 2019, p. 15.
- ^ "Victoria Mas, lauréate du prix Patrimoines 2019".
- ^ "Victoria Mas remporte le prix Renaudot des lycéens 2019".
- ^ "Victoria Mas, la romancière qui danse avec les folles". 16 September 2019.
- ^ "Mélanie Laurent adapte "Le bal des folles" de Victoria Mas".
- ^ "Un miracle, de Victoria Mas: Une promesse brisée". 21 September 2022.
- ^ "«Un miracle», de Victoria Mas : l'Invisible au cœur d'un récit humain". 29 August 2022.
- ^ "Ondres : Rencontre avec la romancière Victoria Mas". 10 June 2023.
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