Pujade-Renaud, Claude

Claude Pujade-Renaud (25 February 1932 – 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.