What is Gemma Salem?
[[File:Gemma Salem, 2015.jpg|thumb|Gemma Salem]] '''Gemma Salem''' (2 August 1943 – 20 May 2020) was a Turkish-born Swiss writer. She was born in [[Ankara]], [[Turkey]]. In 1982, Salem was nominated for the [[Prix Médicis]] for her novel ''Le Roman de Monsieur Boulgakov'', and was supported by [[Marthe Robert]] until the last round of voting. She won the [[Schiller Prize]] in 1992 and was on the list of winners for the Prix Médicis essai and the Prix Colette in 1993. Salem died on 20 May 2020 in [[Vienna]], [[Austria]] at the age of 76.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.letemps.ch/culture/deces-lauteure-suisse-gemma-salem|title=Décès de l’auteure suisse Gemma Salem|date=23 May 2020|work=Le Temps|language=French}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Salem, Gemma}} [[Category:1943 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Turkish writers]] [[Category:Swiss writers]] [[Category:People from Ankara]] {{bio-stub}}