Virginie Despentes
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| Virginie Despentes | |
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| Born | June 13, 1969 Nancy |
| Occupation | Novelist, filmmaker |
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Virginie Despentes is a French novelist and filmmaker born June 13, 1969 in Nancy, France. Her most famous novel, and film of the same name is Baise-moi, a contemporary example of the exploitation films genre known as rape and revenge films. Her most recent biographical, non-fiction work, King Kong Theory has also been translated into English, and recounts her experiences working within the French sex industry, and attendant infamy and praise associated with the aforementioned Baise-Moi.
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- 1993 - Baise-moi. Translated by Bruce Benderson: New York: Grove Press: 2002: ISBN 0-8021-3870-5
- 1996 - Les Chiennes savantes.
- 1998 - Les Jolies choses. ISBN 2-290-30185-X
- 1999 - Mordre au travers.
- 2002 - Teen spirit.
- 2002 - Trois étoiles.
- 2004 - Bye bye Blondie.
- 2006 - King Kong théorie: King Kong Theory: London: Serpents Tail: 2009: ISBN 1846686423
