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Marie NDiaye (born 4 June 1967 in Pithiviers, Loiret) is a French novelist and playwright. She published her first novel, Quant au riche avenir, when she was only 17 and she won the Prix Femina in 2001 for her novel Rosie Carpe. Her play Papa doit manger has been taken into the repertoire of the Comédie française.

Ndiaye was born in Pithiviers and grew up with her French mother. Her father was Senegalese but she met him for the first time when she was fifteen. She began writing at the age of 12. After her first novel she wrote a further six novels, all published by Minuit, and a collection of short stories. She also wrote her Comédie Classique, a two-hundred page novel made up of a single sentence, which was published by POL at the age of 21. As well as writing novels, Ndiaye has written a number of plays and a screenplay. Papa doit manger is only the second play by a female writer to be taken into the repertoire of the Comédie française.

Her novel Trois femmes puissantes won the 2009 Prix Goncourt.

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