Anna Gavalda

Anna Gavald's stories and novels evoke a fan of emotions, from delight to rejection. As the readers note, in the books of the Frenchwoman, the heroes “do not linger on feelings, do not shout about them,” but each page is permeated with love and family warmth. Comparison with famous fellow countrymen Michel Houellebecq and Françoise Sagan is flattering for the writer, but, as Anna said in an interview, she “does something completely different”.

Anna Gavald has Russian roots. The great-grandfather of the writer, a jeweler by profession, lived in St. Petersburg. After the October Revolution, when private craftsmen to handle jewelry were left without work, he went abroad. Subsequent generations of the family grew up in France, but retained the presence of Russian culture.

Anna was born in December 1970 west of Paris, in the commune of Boulogne-Billancourt. The first attempt at writing, in fact, was school essays, which teachers, delighted with the colorfulness of the language and style of presentation, read aloud to Havald's classmates as a reward for good behavior.

Anna's parents divorced when their daughter was a teenager. Part of the girl's biography fell on the aunt's family, in which 13 children were raised. Then Anna, her sister and 2 brothers were added to them. And the press calls this whole big company a boarding house, which surprises the writer a lot. Families with many children, according to Gavald, are the norm for the traditional Catholic lifestyle.

Her love of writing led Anna to the University of the Sorbonne, to the faculty of modern language and literature. Although at first the girl chose natural science and wrote the first story during the entrance exams.

The future writer gained life experience, moonlighting as a cashier and a waitress. Such a school, according to Gavald, is very useful: for those who have nothing to remember, and the books are boring. After completing her studies, Anna got a job teaching French in college.

Anna received her first recognition of her talent at the age of 17 when she won the competition for the best love message. The reward - a trip to Venice - had to be given to the owner of the rented apartment as payment for accommodation. Then there were several more successful competitions. Finally, Gavalda decided to publish the essays that the readers liked so much.

Often, a bright event in life, with a positive or negative connotation, becomes the impetus for creativity. For Anna, it was a divorce from her husband. The woman was very upset about parting and hid her own thoughts and actions behind other people's thoughts and actions. As a result, the novels "Permission", "Junior", "This man and this woman", "Catgut" and others were born, united in the collection "I would like someone to wait for me somewhere ...".

After a long search for publishers, an unknown author's work ventured to print a publishing house with the meaningful name "Dilettante". In 2000, the reader's jury awarded Anna the Grand prix RTL-Lire prize for her book, but that was just the beginning.

Interest in the half-forgotten genre of stories flared up with renewed vigor when the later published novels Just Together and I Loved Her disappeared from store shelves. I loved him. " The total circulation of the bestsellers exceeded 5 million copies and brought Gavald over € 30 million.

The writer's work found a response in the hearts of filmmakers. In 2007, Claude Berry filmed Just Together. Audrey Tautou starred in the film. The director's film version of I Loved Him in 2009 was offered by Zabu Brightman. Anna herself refrained from evaluating the cinematic works, she only said that “these are different feelings, another story”.

In 2002, the book 35 Kilos of Hope was published, which in France was positioned as a children's book. Gavalda admitted that she wrote it in memory of a student she underestimated when she was still working at school. However, he advises to read the work and adults who have forgotten about the dreams of childhood and adolescence. A film has also been made based on the novel.

The novel "The Consolation Party of the Game of Petanque" is related to the close people of the author, but has nothing to do with them personally. Anna's brother often came to Russia for work. And the main character of the book is a French architect who is leading a project in Moscow. The news of the death of a friend's mother, with whom the man was once in love, bursts into his well-established, long-established life.

"A Breath of Freedom" reminds readers of the atmosphere of their home, of blood ties and love of dear people. The heroes of the story are a brother and 2 sisters who do not get along with each other. A joint trip brings members of the same family together and provides a chance to have a heart-to-heart talk.

The character of "Matilda", bearing the same name, is a girl who amazes the reader with selfish and sometimes inappropriate actions. Only a chance meeting pulls the heroine out of the seemingly prosperous world of promiscuous relationships and alcohol. The main idea of ​​the novel is that while waiting for an illusory prince, you can miss out on happiness without seeing the kind heart behind your own pride in someone who is just around.

Anna has been divorced for a long time, she does not like to talk about her ex-husband, but she supports communication. In addition, the children - son Louis and daughter Felicite - spend a month of the year with their father. Nothing has changed in his personal life after the world fame came to the writer. Gavalda even jokes that things have only gotten worse.

Anna's family lives in a Parisian suburb, in their own house. There are many animals on the farm, which, according to the woman, make existence alive and simply create an atmosphere. Gavalda considers herself to be a happy person because, by and large, she does what she wants. There is no need to push around in transport, to argue with the authorities. On the other hand,

Anna finds her writing inspiration in a constant feeling of depression, personal imperfection and shortcomings of the world around her.

The woman looks younger than her age. The writer claims that she is not interested in sports and does not control nutrition. He loves to swim, and since this is a boring and boring occupation, all sorts of thoughts creep into my head, from which the next work grows.

Anna Gavald's last book for today is a collection of short stories "I Confess", which was released in the summer of 2017. The Russian-language edition was published in 2018. The book has become a welcome gift for the reading community as the author has returned to her favorite short genre, which is "far more expensive than novels." In the stories, Anna confessed, it is more difficult to deceive, in them the talent of the writer appears more clearly. In addition, there are no long prehistories, the reader immediately gets into the thick of things.

7 stories were written on behalf of 7 people in a very lively, not pompous syllable with an admixture of jargon. The topics covered by the writer are very diverse. This is a woman's search for her place in a relationship with a man, including intimate ones, about how time is irretrievably running out and how to survive the loss. Anna also resorts to her favorite way - to speak on behalf of a man.

Life has not spared each of the heroes, they experience pain and loneliness, are tired of pretending that everything is fine. Soul strings are stretched so much that they force to confess with the first comer, because, as it seems to them, the tension will weaken and if not hope, then at least strength will appear for a new day.

Now Gavalda is writing another novel and at the same time - a film script. The writer said that mentally she constantly conducts a dialogue with the heroine, not as with a literary character, but with a living person. In terms of content, this will be a story about a woman who is surrounded only by men in life. And Anna, as an author, wonders what is left in the main character of the feminine.

1999 - "I would like someone to be waiting for me somewhere ..." 2002 - "35 kilos of hope" 2003 - "I loved her. I loved him "2004 -" Just Together "2008 -" Comforting Petanque Game "2010 -" A Sip of Freedom "2012 -" Life Stories "2013 -" Billy "2014 -" Jan "2014 -" Matilda "2017 -" I I confess "

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