Claude Pujade-Renaud (born 1932) is a French writer, whose first novel Le Ventriloque appeared in 1978. Since that time she has 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 is a recipient of the
FrenchWriter's Guild Prize for her life's work.
A dance teacher, she taught Body Expression courses at the
University of Paris-VIII, and is the author of a number of pedagogical texts relating to the body and the class-room.
Childlessness and
sexuality are recurring themes in her novels, which have veered towards the historical in the latter part of her career.
None of her work is available in English.
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[1]
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)