Leslie Kaplan


Leslie Kaplan is an American-born French writer.
She was born in New York City and grew up in Paris. She studied philosophy, history and psychology and then worked for two years in a factory. Kaplan took part in the events of May 1968. She published her first book in 1982 L'Excès-l'usine, which received favourable comments from authors Marguerite Duras and Maurice Blanchot.
In 2017, she received a prize from the Société des gens de lettres recognizing her work.

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