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Jennifer Clement

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born

April 23, 1818 in Mexico

gender

female

website

http://www.jennifer-clement.com

genre

Literature & Fiction, Poetry, Biographies & Memoirs

member since

October 2007

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Jennifer Clement:
Books: Widow Basquiat that made the "Booksellers' Choice" list in the United Kingdom, a novel A True Story Based on Lies, which was a finalist in the Orange Prize for Fiction and the novel The Poison That Fascinates. She is also the author of several books of poetry: The Next Stranger (with an introduction by W.S. Merwin), Newton’s Sailor, Lady of the Broom, and Jennifer Clement: New and Selected Poems. Her books have been translated into 9 languages.

Jennifer Clement was honoured with Mexico's prestigious "Sistema Nacional de Creadores" grant and was awarded the UK's Canongate Prize for her story A Salamander-Child. In 2001 she was also the recipient of a US-Mexico Fund for Culture (the Rockefeller Foundation) grant for th...more

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Average rating: 3.93 · 167 ratings · 34 reviews · 10 distinct works

	Widow Basquiat 3.97 avg rating — 95 ratings — published 2001 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Poison That Fascinates 3.65 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	My rating:
	A True Story Based on Lies 3.88 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2001 — 3 editions	My rating:
	New and Selected Poems 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2008	My rating:
	Une Histoire Vraie Tissée De Mensonges by Jennifer Clement (Goodreads Author), Marina Duval (Traduction) 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2010	My rating:
	El Marinero de Newton =: Newton's Sailor 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	My rating:
	En compagnie de Basquiat 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2003	My rating:
	Il Fascino Del Veleno 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2009	My rating:
	El veneno que fascina 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2009	My rating:
	Broken Ground (Between the Covers Collection) by Jack Hodgins, Jennifer Clement (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2001	My rating:

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