Béatrice Commengé

Béatrice Commengé (born 1949 in Algiers) is a French novelist and translator.

Her first novel, La Nuit est en avance d'un jour, was published in 1985 at Éditions Orban.

She translated the entire non-expunged Journal of Anaïs Nin.

A great traveler, she has contributed to many literary journals such as L'Infini, Les Cahiers de l'Herne, L'Atelier du roman, La Revue des ressources [fr] on the internet or the magazine Grands Reportages [fr].

Béatrice Commengé obtained the Prix Cazes in 2004 for her book Et il ne pleut jamais, naturellement which was also selected for the prizes Femina and Wepler.