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Lola Lafon

Lola Lafon is the author of seven books, all translated into many languages, including The Little Communist Who Never Smiled (Actes Sud, 2014), which won several awards; Capsizing (Actes Sud, 2020), which sold 100,000 copies in France won the Landerneau prize, the France-Culture Télérama prize and the Goncourt de la Suisse award; and Quand tu écouteras cette chanson / When you will listen to this song (Stock, 2022), her non-fiction book about spending a night at the Anne Frank museum which won the Prix Décembre, the Prix Les Inrockuptibles and the Grand prix des lectrices ELLE 2023 and has sold 120,000 copies.