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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.

Pierre Lemaitre
Pierre Lemaitre - Paris Book Fair - 23 March 2014
Born (1951-04-19) 19 April 1951 (age 71)
Paris, France
OccupationAuthor, screenplay writer
NationalityFrench
Period2006–present
GenreFiction, thriller, mystery, History
Notable works
  • Alex
  • Camille
  • Au revoir là-haut

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]


Personal life


Pierre Lemaitre worked as a teacher in literature and now devotes his time writing novels and screenplays.[7]


Bibliography



Novels


Camille Verhœven series:

  1. Irene (Travail soigné) (2006), English translation by Frank Wynne, 2014
  2. Alex (2011), English translation by Frank Wynne, 2013
  3. Les Grands Moyens (2011), reissued in 2013 as Rosy & John
  4. Camille (Sacrifices) (2012), English translation by Frank Wynne, 2015

Les Enfants du désastre trilogy:

  1. The Great Swindle (Au revoir là-haut) (2013), English translation by Frank Wynne, 2015
  2. All Human Wisdom (Couleurs de l'incendie) (2018), English translation 2021
  3. Mirror of our Sorrows (Miroir de nos peines) (2020), English translation 2022

Les Années Glorieuses, tetralogy:

1. The Great World (Le Grand Monde) (February 2022)

Stand-alones:


Short stories



Comics


Les Enfants du désastre series:

  1. Au revoir là-haut (2016), with Christian De Metter

Camille Verhœven series (with Pascal Bertho, illustrated by Yannick Corboz):

  1. Irene (2019), based on novel Irene
  2. Rosie (2018), based on novel Rosy & John

Non-fiction



Awards and honours



Adaptations



References


  1. Lemaître, Pierre. Alex, translated by Frank Wynne. London: MacLehose, 2013. ISBN 9780857051875 WorldCat
  2. Lemaitre, Pierre. Alex. Paris: Librairie Générale Française, 2012. WorldCat
  3. "CWA International Dagger shared". Crime Writers' Association. 15 July 2013. Archived from the original on 17 August 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  4. "France's top literary prize goes to Pierre Lemaitre". France24. 4 November 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
  5. International 2015 Winners Archive, thecwa.co.uk
  6. "The Great Swindle — The Crime Writers' Association". thecwa.co.uk. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
  7. "MacLehose Press | Alex | MacLehose Press". Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 27 February 2016.


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На других языках

- [en] Pierre Lemaitre

[ru] Леметр, Пьер

Пьер Леметр (фр. Pierre Lemaitre; 19 апреля 1951, Париж) — французский писатель и сценарист, лауреат Гонкуровской премии (2013) за роман «До свидания там, наверху»[4].


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