Viviane Forrester
Viviane Forrester (born 29 September 1925 Paris) is a writer, essayist, novelist and literary critic. She works for Le Monde, Le Nouvel Observateur and Quinzaine littéraire and is a member of the jury of the Prix Femina. She became famous internationally with her books on political affairs. In L'Horreur économique and Une étrange dictature she criticizes the globalisation of society.
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[edit] Awards
She won the Prix Goncourt de la Biographie in 2009 for her biography of Virginia Woolf.[1]. She also won the Prix Femina de l'essai in 1983 for her biography of Van Gogh an the Prix Médicis de l'essai in 1996 for "LHorreur économique". Since 1992, she is a member of the Jury of the Prix Femina.
[edit] Works
- "The NS Essay - Work: the great illusion", The New Statesman, 24 May 1999
- Ainsi des exilés, Denoël, 1970
°Le Grand festin. Denoël.1971
- Le corps entier de Marigda Denoël 1976
- Vestiges Seuil. 1978
- La Violence du calme, Seuil, 1980
- Van Gogh ou l'enterrement dans les blés, Seuil, 1983, ISBN 978-2-02-006444-6
- Le Jeu des poignards. Gallimard. 1985
- L'Oeil de la nuit Grasset, 1986
- Mains, Séguier, 1988. 1OOI nuits 1998
- Ce Soir, après la guerre. Lattès 1992. Fayard 1997
- L'Horreur économique, Fayard : Centre d'Exportation du Livre Francais, 1996, ISBN 978-2-253-14601-8
- The Economic Horror, Wiley-Blackwell, 1999, ISBN 978-0-7456-1994-1
- Une étrange dictature, Fayard,Paris 2000
- Le Crime occidental. Fayard 2004
- Mes Passions de toujours, Fayard 2006
- Virginia Woolf, Albin Michel. 2009
- Rue de Rivoli, Gallimard 2011
- Dans la fureur glaciale, Gallimard 2011
[edit] Reviews
This is the central point of Viviane Forrester's book: the consequences of the market economy have 'such inattention that the inattention itself is not even noticed'. In other words, a blind eye is being turned to the inequalities created by the capitalist system. She adds that, 'achieving general indifference is more a victory for the system than gaining partial support'. Her contention being that what is more important to the representatives of capital is ensuring that people do not question or care about what is going on, rather than trying to win positive endorsement for the way the system is run from the majority of the population.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.academie-goncourt.fr/?article=1229180726
- ^ "The Economic Horror, Reviewed by Mark Wainwright", Socialism Today, Issue 45, September 1999
[edit] External links
- The Economic Horror
- "Viviane Forrester", French Wikipedia
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