Lola Lafon (born 1974) is a French writer and musician.

She was born in northern France, but grew up in Sofia and Bucharest. She is the author of five novels. Her best known novel The Little Communist Who Never Smiled is based on the life of the champion gymnast Nadia Comăneci. It has been translated into numerous languages and won ten literary prizes in France, among them the Prix Ouest-France Étonnants Voyageurs[fr], the Jules Rimet Prize and the Prix Version Fémina[fr].

She is an anarchist and feminist.

See also

Written works

  • Lafon, Lola (2003). Une fièvre impossible à négocier. Paris: Flammarion. ISBN2-08-068504-X. OCLC.
  • Lafon, Lola (2007). De ça je me console. [Paris, France]: Flammarion. ISBN978-2-08-120682-3. OCLC.
  • Lafon, Lola (2011). Nous sommes les oiseaux de la tempête qui s'annonce. [Paris]: Flammarion. ISBN978-2-08-122122-2. OCLC.
  • Lafon, Lola,. (2014). La petite communiste qui ne souriait jamais roman. Arles: Actes Sud. ISBN978-2-330-02728-5. OCLC.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Lafon, Lola (2017). Mercy, Mary, Patty: roman. Arles. ISBN978-2-330-08178-2. OCLC.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Lafon, Lola (2020). Chavirer. Cantook Station. [Place of publication not identified]. ISBN978-2-330-13935-3. OCLC.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Lafon, Lola (2022). Quand tu écouteras cette chanson. Paris. ISBN978-2-234-09247-1. OCLC.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)