Mariette in Ecstasy is a 1991 novel written by Ron Hansen.

[3] In 1992 it received the Barnes and Noble Discover Award, the Commonwealth Club of California Gold Medal in Fiction and the Bay Area Book Reviewers Association 1992 Award in Fiction.

[4] In 1996 it was adapted into a film but it was never released because the production company and intended distributor, Savoy Pictures, who is co-producing the film with Price Entertainment and Rastar, went bankrupt.

[5][6] In 2009, it was adapted for the stage and produced at Lifeline Theatre in Chicago.

[7] In 2019 the film was shown for the first time at the Camerimage International Film Festival by director John Bailey, during a retrospective of his career.