Didier Decoin
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Didier Decoin is a French screenwriter and writer awarded the Prix Goncourt
in 1977.
. He began his career as a newspaper journalist at France Soir, Le Figaro and VOD, and radio Europe 1
. At the same time he started writing.
While continuing his writing, he became writer in film and television (and adapted scripts for television as the major TV films Les Misérables, The Count of Monte Cristo, Balzac and Napoleon).
In 1995 he became the Secretary of the Académie Goncourt
.
Prix Goncourt
The Prix Goncourt is a prize in French literature, given by the académie Goncourt to the author of "the best and most imaginative prose work of the year"...
in 1977.
Biography
He is the son of filmmaker Henri DecoinHenri Decoin
Henri Decoin was a French film director and screenwriter. He directed 50 films between 1933 and 1964. He was also a swimmer who competed for France in the men's 400 metre freestyle event at the 1908 Summer Olympics and the water polo tournament at the 1912 Summer Olympics.-Selected filmography:*...
. He began his career as a newspaper journalist at France Soir, Le Figaro and VOD, and radio Europe 1
Europe 1
Europe 1, formerly known as Europe n° 1, is a privately owned radio network created in 1955. It is one of the leading French radio broadcasters and heard throughout France...
. At the same time he started writing.
While continuing his writing, he became writer in film and television (and adapted scripts for television as the major TV films Les Misérables, The Count of Monte Cristo, Balzac and Napoleon).
In 1995 he became the Secretary of the Académie Goncourt
Académie Goncourt
The Société littéraire des Goncourt , usually called the académie Goncourt , is a French literary organization based in Paris. It was founded by the French writer and publisher Edmond de Goncourt...
.
Novels
- Le Procès à l'Amour (Seuil, 1966) (Bourse Del Duca)
- La Mise au monde (Seuil, 1967)
- Laurence (Seuil, 1969)
- Elisabeth ou Dieu seul le sait (Seuil, 1970) (prix des Quatre Jurys)
- Abraham de Brooklyn (Seuil, 1971) (prix des Libraires)
- Ceux qui vont s'aimer (Seuil, 1973)
- Un policeman (Seuil, 1975)
- John l'Enfer (Seuil, 1977) (Prix GoncourtPrix GoncourtThe Prix Goncourt is a prize in French literature, given by the académie Goncourt to the author of "the best and most imaginative prose work of the year"...
) - La Dernière Nuit (Balland, 1978)
- L'Enfant de la mer de Chine (Seuil, 1981 )
- Les Trois vies de Babe Ozouf (Seuil, 1983)
- Autopsie d'une étoile (Seuil, 1987)
- Meurtre à l'anglaise (Mercure de France, 1988)
- La Femme de chambre du Titanic (Seuil, 1991) - basis for the 1997 film The Chambermaid on the TitanicThe Chambermaid on the TitanicThe Chambermaid on the Titanic is a 1997 French drama film directed by Bigas Luna, starring Oliver Martinez, Romane Bohringer and Aitana Sanchez-Gijon. It is based on the novel La Femme de chambre du Titanic by Didier Decoin...
- Docile (Seuil, 1994)
- La Promeneuse d'oiseaux (Seuil, 1996)
- La Route de l'aéroport (Fayard, 1997)
- Louise (Seuil, 1998)
- Madame Seyerling (Seuil, 2002)
- Avec vue sur la Mer (Nil Editions, 2005), Prix du Cotentin 2005, Prix Livre & Mer Henri-Queffélec 2006
- Henri ou Henry: le roman de mon père (Stock, mai 2006)
- Est-ce ainsi que les femmes meurent (Grasset, février 2009)
Essays
- Il fait Dieu (Julliard 1975, Fayard 1997)
- La Nuit de l'été (with film by J.C. Brialy, Balland 1979)
- La Bible racontée aux enfants (Calmann-Levy)
- Il était une joie... Andersen (Ramsay, 1982)
- Béatrice en enfer (Lieu Commun, 1984 )
- L'Enfant de Nazareth (with Marie-Hélène About, Nouvelle Cité, 1989)
- Elisabeth Catez ou l'Obsession de Dieu (Balland, 1991), Prix de littérature religieuse 1992
- Lewis et Alice (Laffont, 1992)
- Jésus, le Dieu qui riait (Stock, 1999)
- "Dictionnaire amoureux de la Bible"
Collaborative works
- La Hague, with Natacha Hochman (photography) (Isoète, 1991)
- Cherbourg, with Natacha Hochman (photography) (Isoète, 1992)
- Presqu'île de lumière, with Patrick Courault (photography) (Isoète, 1996)
- Sentinelles de lumière, with Jean-Marc Coudour (photography) (Desclée de Brouwer, 1997)
Screenplays
- La Merveilleuse Visite, Marcel Carné (1973)
- La Bible, Marcel Carné (1976))
- I comme Icare, Henri Verneuil (1979)
- L'Indic, Serge Leroy (1983)
- De guerre lasse, Robert Enrico
- Un bon petit diable, Jean-Claude Brialy
- L'Homme voilé, Maroun Bagdadi (1987)
- Dancing Machine, Gilles Béhat (1990)
- Hors la vie, Maroun Bagdadi (1991)
- Des feux mal éteints, Serge Moati (1994)
- Jakob le menteur, Peter Kassovitz (1998)
- Le Comte de Monte-Cristo (TV), Josée Dayan (1999)
- Balzac (TV), Josée Dayan (1999)
- Le Roi danse, Gérard Corbiau (2000)
- Les Misérables (TV), Josée Dayan (2000)