Adeline Dieudonné

(born 1982) – Belgian writer. Her debut novel Real Life (La vraie vie), published in 2018, was a big hit in the Francophone literary world, winning more than a dozen prestigious awards (including the Fnac Prize for a novel, the Belgian Victor-Rossel Prize, and the French Goncourt Prize) and selling over two hundred thousand copies. Real Life tells the stormy story of a family living under the dictates of a psychopathic father whose main passion is hunting. She is also a stand-up artist.

photo: Gwladys Louiset Photography