by Renée Morel (Translator), Zack Rogow (Translator), Isabelle Stibbe (Author)

Bérénice 1934-44: An Actress in Occupied Paris is the debut novel of Isabelle Stibbe, an important new voice in French literature. When the book was published in France, it won nine literary awards, including the Prix Simone Veil, honoring a work that celebrates a woman of action.

Author Biography

Isabelle Stibbe is an important new voice in French fiction. She has served as director of publications at the Comédie-Française and the Grand Palais, and as secretary general of the Athénée Théâtre Louis-Jouvet. Stibbe is the theater critic for the magazine La Terrasse. This is her first novel, published to critical acclaim in 2013.