Florence Seyvos
Florence Seyvos is a French novelist, and screenwriter. Her films have been successful in French and in English.
Life
Seyvos was born in Lyon in 1967 and lived in northern France. Seyvos published her first book for children after winning first prize in a short story competition. She has also written novels including Les Apparitions which was awarded the Prix Goncourt and Un Garçon Incassable.Seyvos collaborates on many of her screenplays with Noémie Lvovsky, including Sentiments (no) and Camille Redouble.
She has lived in the Ardennes, in Ivory Coast, Le Havre and Paris.
Awards
- 1987 Lauréate du PJE
- 1995 Prix Goncourt First Novel
- Prix France Télévision
Works
- Gratia, Éditions de l'Olivier, 1992,
- Les Apparitions, Éditions de l'Olivier, 1995,
- L'Abandon, Éditions de l'Olivier, 2002,
Young adult
- Nanouk et moi, L'Ecole des Loisirs, 2010,
- L'Ami du Petit Tyrannosaure, l'École des loisirs, 2005,
- Pochee, l'École des loisirs, 1998,
Filmography
- 1997 Les années lycée: Petites
- 1999 Life Doesn't Scare Me
- 2003 Feelings
- 2007 ''Faut que ça danse!''