Jakuta Alikavazovic

Jakuta Alikavazovic (born October 6, 1979 in Paris) is a French writer. Her debut novel "Corps volatils" was awarded the prix Goncourt du premier roman. In 2021, her latest novel "Night As It Falls" was published in the United Kingdom by Faber & Faber.
Biography.
A former student of the École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay, she holds an agrégation de Lettres degree.
In 2010, her second novel "Le Londres-Louxor" received a very enthusiastic welcome from the press and found itself in the selection of the Prix du Livre Inter. In 2012, she published "La Blonde et le Bunker", which won the special mention of the jury of the Prix Wepler. Her fourth novel "L'avancée de la nuit", published in 2017, was shortlisted for Le Monde's literary prize, the Prix Médicis, the Prix Femina and the Prix du Livre Inter. 
Her books are translated into English, Italian, German and Chinese.
She has a monthly column in national daily newspaper Libération. Her work has been published in Granta, Nouvelle Revue Française and El Malpensante.
She also wrote three books for children published by and has translated several books from English including works from David Foster Wallace, Anna Burns and Ben Lerner.