Catherine Poulain

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Catherine Poulain (2018)

Catherine Poulain (born 1960) is a French writer.

Life[]

Born in Barr,[1] Poulain left France at the age of twenty and travelled on various continents. She arrived in Quebec in 1987, then settled in Alaska where she worked as a fisherman for ten years before being deported in 2003 by the American immigration services for illegal work.[1][2]

A few years after her return to France - where she lived from various agricultural works in Provence and the Alps - Poulain drew on her overseas experiences to help write her first novel, Le Grand Marin (Woman at Sea),[3] which was described as a wild, gripping story of one woman’s battle with the elements on board an Alaskan fishing boat. It became a best-seller (70,000 copies sold in the months following its publication) and was awarded numerous literary prizes in 2016, including the Prix Joseph-Kessel, and the Ouest France Prize Étonnants Voyageurs.[4] Poulain was also a finalist for the Prix Goncourt du Premier Roman, but was beaten by four votes to five by Joseph Andras[5]

Her second novel, Le Cœur blanc, was selected for the Prix Décembre 2018.[6]

Works[]

  • 2016:  [fr], Éditions de l'Olivier ISBN 978-2823608632 – prix Joseph-Kessel and eleven other maritime or travel writer literary prizes.[4][7]
  • 2018: Le Cœur blanc, Éditions de l'Olivier ISBN 978-2-8236-1359-9

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Catherine Poulain, une vie à sa main by Nathalie Raulin in Libération dated 19 June 2016.
  2. ^ Catherine Poulain : "Être une petite femelle, c'est pas pour moi" by Jérôme Garcin in L'Obs dated 11 February 2016.
  3. ^ "Catherine Poulain : biographie, actualités et émissions France Culture". France Culture (in French). Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b 7 prix et 30.500 euros pour Catherine Poulain by Anne Crignon in L'Obs dated 17 May 2016.
  5. ^ Goncourt du premier roman à Joseph Andras in Le Figaro dated 9 May 2016.
  6. ^ "La première sélection du prix Décembre 2018". Livres Hebdo (in French). 14 September 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  7. ^ Catherine Poulain et Isabelle Carré, deux passionnées de l'océan by  [fr] in Madame Figaro dated 9 January 2017.

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