Justine Lévy

Justine Lévy (* September 1974 in France ) is a French writer.

Life

Lévy is the eldest daughter of the first marriage of the philosopher Bernard- Henri Lévy. Her mother died in 2004, the Frenchwoman Isabelle Doutreluigne. She lives in Paris, where she works for a publishing company. My first work " Le rendez -vous " ( German Rendezvous with Alice) was well received by critics.

In 1995, she married Raphaël Enthoven, the son of the best friend of her father, Jean -Paul Enthoven. The marriage was difficult and eventually he left her for the model and singer Carla Bruni. Influenced by their marital difficulties, she wrote under the title "Rien de Grave" ( German not so tragic ), a semi - autobiographical story. For this she was awarded the Prix Littéraire Le Vaudeville and the Grand Prix de l' Littéraire Héroïne Marie France. Her third novel was published in 2010 in German.

With her ​​partner, Patrick Mille she has a daughter and a son.

Works

• Le Rendez -vous, 1995, German: Rendezvous with Alice. Piper Verlag, Munich / Zurich 1999, ISBN 3-492-22750-3
• Rien de grave, 2004 German: Not so tragic (t: Claudia Steinitz ). Verlag Antje Kunstmann, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-88897-400-3
• Mauvaise fille, 2009 German: Poor daughter, translated by Claudia Steinitz, Verlag Antje Kunstmann, München 2010, ISBN 3-88897-643- X