Arcan, Nelly

Nelly Arcan was born in the Eastern Townships of Quebec. Her first novel Putain (Editions Du Seuil, 2003), drawing on her experience working in the sex trade in Montreal, caused a sensation and enjoyed immediate critical and media success. It was a finalist for both the Prix Medicis and the Prix Femina, two of France's most prestigious literary awards. The two novels that followed, Folle (Seuil, 2004), and A ciel ouvert (Seuil, 2007), established her as a literary star in Quebec and France. She is also the author of an illustrated book on the beauty myth for young girls, L'enfant dans le miroi...