Lydie Salvayre

Lydie Salvayre
Lydie Salvayre
	Lydie Salvayre at the 2019 Geneva book fair
Born	5 September 1948 ; Autainville
Works	Cry, Mother Spain
Awards	Prix Décembre (, 1997); Prix Goncourt (Cry, Mother Spain, 2014); Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres (2015); Officer of the National Order of Merit (2023); (2024) ;

Lydie Salvayre (born Lydie Arjona in 1948) is a French writer. Born in the south of France to Republican refugees from the Spanish Civil War, she went on to study medicine in Toulouse and continues to work as a practicing psychiatrist.

She has been awarded the Prix Hermes, the Prix Décembre for her work, and the 2014 Prix Goncourt for Pas pleurer.

Lydie Salvayre
Lydie Salvayre at the 2019 Geneva book fair
Born	5 September 1948 Autainville
Works	Cry, Mother Spain
Awards	Prix Décembre (, 1997) Prix Goncourt (Cry, Mother Spain, 2014) Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres (2015) Officer of the National Order of Merit (2023) (2024)