Laure Murat

Laure Murat (born 1967, Paris) is a French historian and writer.[1]

Biography

A member of the House of Murat, Laure Murat is a cousin of the 8th Prince Murat, and the daughter of Napoleon Murat, producer of films, and Ines of Albert de Luynes, who wrote some books.

An autodidact, she passed her doctorate (in history at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales) in 2006 only.[2] Her field of study extends to the history of culture, history of psychiatry, and gender studies.

As of 2016, she is a professor at the Department of French and Francophone Studies of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

In 2012, she was granted a Guggenheim Fellowships.

Works

- Prix Goncourt de la biographie 2001
- Prix de la Critique de l'Académie française 2001
- Prix Femina essai 2011
under the pseudonym Iris Castor

References

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