Diane Mazloum

Diane Mazloum
Diane Mazloum, 2015
Born	1980 Paris, France
Occupation	writer

Diane Mazloum (born 1980) is a French-Lebanese writer. Her novels are set against the history or present in Lebanon.

Life and education

Diane Mazloum was born in 1980, in Paris,[1] to Lebanese parents who fled from the country because of the Lebanese Civil War.[2] She grew up in Rome and studied astrophysics at Pierre and Marie Curie University[1] in Paris, then moved to Lebanon to study art and design at the American University of Beirut.[2] Later, Mazloum returned to Paris, but she was in Beirut during the 2020 explosion.[3]

Career

Mazloum debuted in 2009 with a graphic novel Nucleus en plein cœur de Beyrouth City.[1] Five years later, she published her first novel Beyrouth, la nuit.[1] Her next novel, L’âge d’or, was awarded the Prix Amic by the Académie Française[4] and the Prix France-Liban,[5] while Une piscine dans le désert (2020) was nominated for Prix Renaudot, Prix Femina and Prix Médicis.[6] Her writing deals with the past and the present of Lebanon.[7]

Works

• Nucleus en plein cœur de Beyrouth City, 2009[1]
• Beyrouth, la nuit, 2014[2]
• L'âge d'or, 2018[2]
• Une piscine dans le désert, 2020[6]
• Le musée national, 2022[7]

References

1. "Diane Mazloum en quête de sens". L'Orient Litteraire. Retrieved 2023-02-16.
2. Laurin, Danielle (2018-11-20). "Le naufrage du Liban". Le Devoir (in French). Retrieved 2023-02-16.
3. "Diane Mazloum, Libanaise et cosmopolite". Le Figaro (in French). 2020-09-02. Retrieved 2023-02-16.
4. "Diane Mazloum". Académie Française. Retrieved 2023-02-16.
5. "Prix Littéraire France-Liban – ADELF". Association des écrivains de langue française (in French). Retrieved 2023-02-16.
6. "Diane Mazloum face à « cette terre de frottements et de frictions, chaude, crue et vivante »". L'Orient-Le Jour. 2020-09-19. Retrieved 2023-02-16.
7. "Le Musée national, de Diane Mazloum: le passé devant soi". Le Figaro (in French). 2022-04-27. Retrieved 2023-02-16.