KERANGAL Maylis de

Maylis de Kerangal is a French writer born in 1967. Acclaimed by critics and readers alike, she won several literary awards, including the prix Médicis for Birth of a Bridge (éditions verticales, 2010).

Maylis de Kerangal was born in Toulon but grew up in Le Havre, a city she mentioned in at least two of her novels: Dans les rapides (éditions Naïves, 2007) and Réparer les vivants (Les verticales, 2014).