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Fred Vargas
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French writer, archaeologist and historian
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Fred Vargas, born Frédérique Audoin-Rouzeau in 1957, is a French novelist, archaeologist, historian, and author. She writes in French and is the native speaker of the language. Her career began in 1986. She is educated at the University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne and has worked for the National Center for Scientific Research and the Pasteur Institute.
Vargas has received the prix des Libraires, the CWA International Dagger, the German Crime Fiction Award, and the Princess of Asturias Literary Prize. She was also nominated for the CWA International Dagger. Her works include crime literature, with notable titles such as *L'homme aux cercles bleus* and *L'Uomo a Rovescio*. She is a citizen of France and belongs to the French ethnic group.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 123
Top works
- Gialli d'inverno
- L'homme aux cercles bleus
- Das barmherzige Fallbeil
- מקום לא בטוח
- L'Uomo a Rovescio (Italian Edition)
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Film & TV
Paris, France
Known for
- Dates That Made History — Self2018
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1957-06-07 ) 7 June 1957 (age 68) , Paris, France
- Pen name
- Fred Vargas
- Occupation
- Medieval historian and archaeologist; writer
- Genre
- Crime fiction
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Frédérique
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Paris
- Occupation
- writer
- Educated at
- University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne
- Employer
- Pasteur Institute
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- French
- Genre
- crime literature
- Movement
- literary movement
- Image
- Fred Vargas 2009.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1957-06-07
- Commons category
- Fred Vargas
- nominated for
- CWA International Dagger
- pseudonym
- Fred Vargas
- start of work period
- 1986-00-00
- writing language
- French
- name in native language
- Audoin-Rouzeau
- ethnic group
- French
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Encyclopedic overview
Fred Vargas is the pseudonym of Frédérique Audoin-Rouzeau (born 7 June 1957), a French historian, archaeologist and novelist.
As a historian and archeologist, she is known for her work on the Black Death. Her crime fiction policiers (police procedurals) have won three International Dagger Awards from the Crime Writers' Association, for three successive novels: in 2006, 2007 and 2009. She is the first author to achieve such an honour. In each case, her translator into English was Siân Reynolds, who was also recognized by the international award.
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