Anne-Marie Garat

Anne-Marie Garat was a French novelist. She won the Prix Femina for her novel Aden in 1992 and the for her novel Les mal famées.
Studying literature in Bordeaux, she then obtained a DEA in cinema at the université [de Paris I]. She lived in Paris, where she taught cinema and photography. Jack [Lang (French politician)|Jack Lang] then commissioned her to teach cinema at the école.
She published several novels, psychological in nature and with major female characters. They are set in various eras of the 20th century.
Following Dans la main du diable set before World War I in 1914, Anne-Marie Garat pursued in 2008, with L'enfant des ténèbres, her epic depiction of the 20th century, bringing up the period of 1930s and the rise of the totalitarian dictatorships.

Works

L'homme de Blaye, Flammarion, 1984Voie non classée, Flammarion, 1985L'insomniaque, Flammarion, 1987Le monarque égaré, Flammarion, 1989; Seuil, 1996Chambre noire, Flammarion, 1990 – Prix Alain-FournierAden, Seuil, 1992 – Prix FeminaPhotos de familles, Seuil, 1994Merle, Seuil, 1996Dans la pente du toit, Seuil, 1998L'amour de loin, Actes Sud, 1998Itsvan arrive par le train du soir, Seuil, 1999Les mal famées, Actes Sud, 2000; Babel N°557 – Nous nous connaissons déjà, Actes Sud, 2003; Babel n°741La Rotonde, Actes Sud, 2004 Une faim de loup. Lecture du Petit Chaperon rouge, Actes Sud, 2004Dans la main du diable, Actes Sud, 2006On ne peut pas continuer comme ça, Atelier In8, 2006Un tout petit coeur, actes sud junior, 2004