Agnès Laroche Explained

Agnès Laroche
Birth Date:1965 12, df=y
Birth Place:Paris, France
Nationality:French
Occupation:Author
Novelist

Agnès Laroche (1 December 1965 – 11 February 2023) was a French author and novelist.[1]

Biography

Born in Paris on 1 December 1965, Laroche wrote numerous fictional works to be broadcast on the radio and youth novels published in children's press.[2] She wrote her first book at the age of 43.[3] Prior to her career as an author, she worked in professional integration for 20 years.[3] Since then, she wrote approximately 40 books.[3] She primarily wrote out of her home in Angoulême.[3] She was married and was the mother of three children.[4]

In 2015, Laroche was awarded the for her youth novel, Rue des petits singes.[5] That same year, she won the Prix Mon ami for Le fantôme de Sarah Fisher.

Laroche died on 11 February 2023, at the age of 57.[6]

Works

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mme ROUZAUT-LAROCHE Agnès. Charente Libre. French.
  2. Web site: Agnès Laroche. Prix des Incorruptibles. French. dead. https://archive.today/20131217094546/http://www.lesincos.com/auteur-57/agnes-laroche.html. 17 December 2013.
  3. Laroche. Agnès. Interview d'Agnès Laroche. Festival de Littérature Jeunesse de la médiathèque Loire et Nohain. 28 March 2019.
  4. Web site: Agnès Laroche. ricochet-jeunes.org. French. dead. https://archive.today/20131217094503/http://www.ricochet-jeunes.org/auteurs/recherche/8666-agnes-laroche. 17 December 2013.
  5. Web site: Palmarès 2015. Centre national de la littérature pour la jeunesse. French.
  6. News: De Sepausy. Victor. 13 February 2023. Décès d'Agnès Laroche, autrice d'albums et romans jeunesse. French. ActuaLitté. 13 February 2023.