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unusual facts about Virginie Despentes


Madison Young

MSNBC journalist Brian Alexander devoted a chapter of his 2008 book America Unzipped to her work and art, and French film director Virginie Despentes features Young in her forthcoming documentary, Mutantes.


Bruce Benderson

He has translated several books of French origin, including Virginie Despentes' novel Baise Moi (which was later adapted into a controversial film); the writers Robbe-Grillet, Pierre Guyotat, Sollers, Benoît Duteurtre, Grégoire Bouillier, Philippe Djian, Martin Page and Nelly Arcan; and, though it is quite far away from his usual subject matter, the autobiography of Céline Dion.

Libri Publishing Hungary

Libri publishes foreign authors including Laurence Norfolk, Jennifer Egan, Don DeLillo, Julie Orringer, Erin Morgenstern, Isaac Marion, Darren Shan, Javier Marías, Jaume Cabré, Claudio Magris, Kader Abdolah, Anna Enquist, Kari Hotakainen, Mons Kallentoft, Alexander Soderberg, Virginie Despentes, Ryu Murakami; as well as non-fiction authors such as Siddhartha Mukherjee, Richard Dawkins and David Brooks.


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