Claude Pujade-Renaud (25 February 1932[1] – 18 May 2024) was a French writer, whose first novel Le Ventriloque appeared in 1978. She subsequently published over twenty novels, short-story and poetry collections, as well as combined creative works with long-time partner Daniel Zimmermann. She won the prix Goncourt des lycéens in 1994 for Belle mère, her novel on stepmothering, and was a recipient of the French Writer's Guild Prize for her life's work.
A dance teacher, she taught Body Expression courses at the University of Paris-VIII, and was the author of a number of pedagogical texts relating to the body and the class-room.
Childlessness and sexuality were recurring themes in her novels, which have veered towards the historical in the latter part of her career.
Pujade-Renaud died on 18 May 2024, at the age of 92.[2]
Works
Novels
1988: La Danse océane, Fabert; Actes Sud Babel 1996
1992: Martha ou le Mensonge du mouvement, Manya; Actes Sud Babel 1996
1994: Belle mère, Actes Sud Babel; J'ai Lu 1997
1996: La Nuit la neige, Actes Sud; Actes Sud Babel 1998; J'ai Lu 1998[3]
1997: Le Sas de l'absence, Actes Sud, prix de lécrit intime; Actes Sud Babel 2000 (publié avec La Ventriloque)
2004: Duel. Correspondance 1973-1993, Le Cherche midi éditeur
2004: Championne à Olympie, Gallimard, Folio Junior
Collective Novel
1995: L'Affaire Grimaudi, Editions du Rocher (with Alain Absire, Jean-Claude Bologne, Michel Host, Dominique Noguez, Martin Winckler, Daniel Zimmermann)
