Didier Van Cauwelaert
Encyclopedia
Didier Van Cauwelaert is a French
author
who was born in Nice
. In 1994 his novel Un Aller simple
won the Prix Goncourt
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France
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author
Author
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who was born in Nice
Nice
Nice is the fifth most populous city in France, after Paris, Marseille, Lyon and Toulouse, with a population of 348,721 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Nice extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of more than 955,000 on an area of...
. In 1994 his novel Un Aller simple
One-Way
One-Way is a 1994 novel by the French writer Didier Van Cauwelaert. It received the Prix Goncourt. It was adapted into the 2001 film Un aller simple, directed by Laurent Heynemann....
won the Prix 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"...
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Works
- Vingt ans et des poussières (1982)
- Poisson d'amour (1984)
- Les vacances du fantôme (1986)
- L'orange amère (1988)
- Un objet en souffrance (1991)
- Cheyenne (1993)
- Un aller simpleOne-WayOne-Way is a 1994 novel by the French writer Didier Van Cauwelaert. It received the Prix Goncourt. It was adapted into the 2001 film Un aller simple, directed by Laurent Heynemann....
(1994) - La vie interdite (1997)
- Corps étranger (1998)
- La demi-pensionnaire (1999)
- L'éducation d'une fée (2000)
- L'Apparition (2001)
- Rencontre sous X (2002)
- AmourAmour (musical)Amour is a musical fantasy with an English book by Jeremy Sams, music by Michel Legrand, and lyrics by Didier Van Cauwelaert, who wrote the original French libretto....
(2002) - Hors de moi / Out of my head (2003). Made into the motion picture Unknown (2011 film).
- L'évangile de Jimmy (2004)
- Attirances (2005)
- Cloner le Christ ? (2005)
- Le père adopté (2007)
- La nuit dernière au XVe siècle (2008)
- Les témoins de la mariée (2010)