About our guests
Camille Laurens
Camille Laurens, born Laurence Ruel in Dijon in 1957, is a renowned French writer. A professor of modern literature, she first taught in Rouen before spending twelve years in Morocco. She started publishing fiction and essays in the early 1990s, before turning to autofiction, further to a painful loss. In 2000, she won France’s prestigious Prix Femina for In Those Arms (2004) which was an international bestseller translated into twelve languages. Her novel Who You Think I Am (2016) was released as a film starring Juliette Binoche. In 2020 Camille Laurens became a member of the Académie Goncourt.
Isabelle Claret Lemarchand
Owner of the french bookshop La Page since 2008, Isabelle Claret Lemarchand is committed to promoting the French language in London through Francophone literature, meetings with authors and key players in the book industry, thanks to a strong and close-knit team of booksellers.
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