Competition workSaratov region,

PetrovskSchool № 3, Form

8 BCheburkaeva

LyubovTeacher:

Kashcheeva Natalia, English

teacher

REGIONAL COMPETITION OF STUDENTS' ELECTRONIC PRESENTATIONSForm 8-11

Saratov,Saratov region. « A DISTINGUISHED LINGUIST. CONTEMPORARY WRITERS »

Anna Gavalda was born in suburb of Paris. While working as French teacher in high school, a collection of her short stories was first published in 1999 under the title Je voudrais que quelqu'un m'attende quelque part that met with both critical acclaim and commercial success, selling more than three-quarters of a million copies in her native France and winning the 2000 “Grand Prix RTL-Lire”. The book was translated into numerous languages including in English and sold in twenty-seven countries.

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Works•Je voudrais que quelqu'un m'attende quelque part, 1999•35 kilos d'espoir, 2002•Je l'aimais, 2002•Ensemble, c'est tout, 2005•La Consolante, 2008•L'Échappée belle, 2009

Works in English translation•I Wish Someone Were Waiting for Me Somewhere•Someone I loved•Hunting and Gathering, 2006•95 Pounds of Hope•La Consolante, 2009 Films•Hunting and Gathering (film) 2007

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Gavalda• http://images.yandex.ru/yandsearch?

text=Anna Gavalda&stype=image• http://www.anna-gavalda.de/