Pierre Lemaitre
| |
|---|---|
Pierre Lemaitre - Paris Book Fair - 23 March 2014
| |
| Born | (1951-04-19) 19 April 1951 (age 73) Paris, France |
| Occupation | Author, screenplay writer |
| Nationality | French |
| Period | 2006–present |
| Genre | Fiction, thriller, mystery, History |
| Notable works |
|
Pierre Lemaitre (born 19 April 1951) is a Prix Goncourt-winning French author and a screenwriter, internationally renowned for the crime novels featuring the fictional character Commandant Camille Verhœven.
His first novel to be translated into English, Alex,[1] is a translation of the French book of the same title,[2] it jointly won the CWA International Dagger for best translated crime novel of 2013.[1][3]
In November 2013, he was awarded the Prix Goncourt, France's top literary prize, for Au revoir là-haut (published in English as The Great Swindle), an epic about World War I.[4] His novels Camille and The Great Swindle won the CWA International Dagger in 2015 and 2016 respectively.[5][6]
Pierre Lemaitre worked as a teacher in literature and now devotes his time writing novels and screenplays.[7]
Camille Verhœven series:
Les Enfants du désastre trilogy:
Les Années Glorieuses, tetralogy:
Stand-alones:
Les Enfants du désastre series:
Camille Verhœven series (with Pascal Bertho, illustrated by Yannick Corboz):
| International |
|
|---|---|
| National |
|
| Academics |
|
| Artists |
|
| Other |
|
