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Leila Slimani wins France's Goncourt literary prize with "Sweet Song"

Xinhua, November 3, 2016 Adjust font size:

French-Moroccan writer Leila Slimani won France's prestigious literary prize, the Goncourt, organizers announced Thursday.

Slimani won 2016 Goncourt prize with "Chanson douce" ("Sweet Song"), a novel that tells the story of a nurse who killed two kids that she was looking after.

"Chanson douce" in which a fairy-nanny was transformed to a killer is based on a real-life story occurred in New York in 2012. Endit