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Irène Némirovsky
AuthorBooks · Second hand1903-1942
Irène Némirovsky was a novelist of Ukrainian Jewish origin who was born in Kiev, then in the Russian Empire. She lived more than half her life in France and wrote in French, but was denied French nationality. Arrested as a Jew under the racial laws – which did not take into account her conversion to Roman Catholicism – she died in Auschwitz at the age of 39. Némirovsky is best known for the posthumously published Suite française.
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Curiosities about Irène Némirovsky
Birth
1903
Death
1942
First book
1926
Years writing
16
Irène Némirovsky was born in Kyiv in 1903 and built a brilliant literary career writing in French.
Her masterpiece, Suite française, was posthumously awarded the prestigious Renaudot Prize in 2004.
Throughout her career, she used the pseudonym Pierre Neyret to publish some of her work.
She was a highly successful author in 1930s France before being unjustly forgotten after the war.
Her literary legacy includes over 130 works exploring historical fiction and life in France.