Three months after French-Moroccan novelist Leila Slimani announced plans for a screen adaptation of her novel “Chanson Douce”, Le Journal du Dimanche has revealed that Maïwenn, the award-winning director for “Polisse” and “Mon Roi,” will be in charge of directing the film of Slimani’s best seller.
Slimani, the 2016 winner of Goncourt prize and most-read author in France in 2016,Read more
Moroccan novelist Leïla Slimani ranked at the top of L’Express-RTL’s annual chart , as the most read francophone author of 2016.
Slimani’s psychological thriller, Chanson Douce, was the most read novel in France in 2016, ranking higher than Petit Pays, by Gaël Faye and The Daughter of Brooklyn, by Guillaume Musso.
With more than 450,000 copies printed in 2016, “ChansonRead more