Leslie Kaplan

Leslie Kaplan (born 1943) 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.

Awards
In 2017, she received a prize from the Société des gens de lettres recognizing her work.

Works

 * L'Excès - l'usine (1982)
 * Le Livre des ciels (1983)
 * Le Criminel (1985)
 * Le Pont de Brooklyn (1987)
 * L'Epreuve du passeur (1988)
 * Le Silence du diable (1989)
 * Les Mines de sel (1993)
 * Depuis maintenant, Miss Nobody Knows (1996)
 * Les Prostituées philosophes (1997)
 * Le Psychanalyste (1999)
 * Les Amants de Marie (2002)
 * Les Outils (2003)
 * Fever (2005)
 * Toute ma vie j'ai été une femme (2008)
 * Mon Amérique commence en Pologne (2009)
 * Louise, elle est folle (2011)
 * Millefeuille (2012) received the Prix Wepler
 * Déplace le ciel (2013)
 * Mathias et la Révolution (2016)