Nina Bouraoui: astrology, horoscope, natal chart

Nina Bouraoui (born 1967) is a French lesbian writer born in Rennes, of an Algerian father and a French mother. She spent the first fourteen years of her life in Alger, then Zurich and Abu Dhabi. She now lives in Paris. Her novels are mostly written in the first person and, with the exception of Avant les hommes, have been said by the author to be works of "auto-fiction". This is even the case for Le Bal des Murènes, which, like Avant les hommes, has a male narrator. Since writing her first novel in 1991, Bouraoui has affirmed the influence of Marguerite Duras in her work, although the life narratives and works many other artists are also to be found in her novels (and songs). This is particularly true of Mes Mauvaises Pensées which bears the imprint of Hervé Guibert, Annie Ernaux, Davi...