// Workers AI · dad joke modeWho's Muriel Cerf? A surfer, she's always catching a cerf-ain wave.
Muriel Cerf | |
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| Born | 4 June 1950 |
| Died | 19 May 2012 (aged 61) Anet, France |
| Occupation | Novelist, travel writer |
| Education | Ecole du Louvre |
| Period | 1974–2012 |
| Genre | Literary fiction, Travel writing, Erotic literature |
| Notable works | L'Antivoyage (1974) |
Muriel Cerf (4 June 1950 – 19 May 2012) was a French novelist and travel writer.[1] She was born in Paris. After passing her Baccalauréat, she studied oriental art at the École du Louvre.[2]
Her first book, L'Antivoyage, was inspired by her travels in Southeast Asia, and was a major critical success. She was awarded the Prix Littéraire Valery Larbaud in 1975 for Le Diable vert.
Selected works
[edit]- L'Antivoyage (1974)
- Le Diable vert (1975)
- Les rois et les voleurs (1975)
- Marie Tiefenthaler (1982)
- Julia M. ou le Premier Regard (1991)
- La Petite Culotte (2005)
References
[edit]- ↑ "Mort de la romancière Muriel Cerf - Le Point". Lepoint.fr. 25 May 2012. Retrieved 2012-05-27.
- ↑ Macmillan, Pan (1981). Sex & Sensibility: Stories by Contemporary Women Writers from Nine Countries. Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan. p. 158. ISBN 978-0-283-98670-3. Retrieved 28 January 2026.
Sources
[edit]- France, Peter (Ed.) (1995). The New Oxford Companion to Literature in French. Oxford: Clarendon Press. ISBN 0-19-866125-8.
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