Éric Ollivier, pseudonym for Yves Duparc, (21 November 1926 – 30 January 2015) was a French writer, screenwriter and journalist, laureate of several French literary awards.

Biography

Youth

Éric Ollivier's mother (Theresa Marie Ourvouai) was of Irish descent, his father (Arthur Victor Marie Duparc) was a sailor and poet. Orphaned at the age of eight, he was sent from Brittany to Paris at the end of 1940 by his family. He then studied at

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and practiced scouting. Having failed his baccalauréat exams, he enrolled at the Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales where he contributed to a dictionary of

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, to whom he wrote, gave him a small role in the film '' Ruy Blas'' (1948), of which

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was the star.

Secretary to François Mauriac

Eric Ollivier became the secretary of writer François Mauriac from October 1946 to Spring of 1948, when he was called up to carry out his military service. He became a journalist for the daily newspaper ''

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'' in 1949, and was sent to report from Libya, Tunisia and Morocco. He was also a war correspondent in Indochina, a senior reporter in India and Africa. He directly experienced, on the spot, the independence of Morocco and Tunisia. As a novelist, he was awarded the Prix Roger Nimier for ''J'ai cru trop longtemps aux vacances'' in 1967 ; the

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for ''Panne sèche'' in 1976, the

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for ''L'Orphelin de mer... ou les Mémoires de monsieur Non'' in 1982, the

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in 1987 for ''Les livres dans la peau'', and the Prix Charles Oulmont in 1993 for ''Lettre à mon genou''. Author of around thirty books, he was also a television producer and worked for the cinema writing scenarios and dialogue. The

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bestowed on him its Prix Jean Leduc in 1972 for ''Églantine'' and its Prix d'Académie in 1986 for all his works. Éric Ollivier died on 30 January 2015 at

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of intestinal cancer.

Work

*1958: ''L'Officier de soleil'', Éditions Denoël *1960: ''Les Enracinés'', Sagittaire *1963: ''La Cohorte'', Plon *1959: ''Les Godelureaux'', adapted to the cinema (''

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'') in 1961 by

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, with

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*1965: ''Le Jeune Homme à l'impériale'',

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*1967: ''J'ai cru trop longtemps aux vacances'', Denoël, ( Prix Roger Nimier) *1970: ''Les Malheurs d'Annie'' *1971: ''Passe-L'Eau'', Denoël *1974: ''Une femme raisonnable'', Denoël *1976: ''Panne sèche'', Denoël, (

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) *1980: ''Le temps me dure un peu'', Denoël *1982: ''L'Orphelin de mer... ou les Mémoires de Monsieur Non'', Denoël, (

) *1985: ''L'Arrière-saison'' *1987: ''Humeurs chroniques'' *1987: ''Le Faux Pas'' *1987: ''Les Livres dans la peau'' *1989: ''Venise, à tous les temps'' *1991: ''La Loi d'exil'', Grasset *1984: ''L'Escalier des heures glissantes'', Gallimard *1993: ''Lettre à mon genou'' *1994: ''Sur les chemins de France, et puis un peu d'ailleurs'', Denoël *1996: ''La nature est ma seconde nature'', Grasset / Fasquelle *1999: ''À fleur des cœurs'', Grasset *2000: ''Ma langue aux chats'', Les Belles Lettres, written in collaboration with Bruno Maso *2002: ''De longues vacances'', Grasset *2005: ''Un air de fin des temps'',

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*2013: ''Avant de partir'', Grasset

Filmography

;Cinema; screenwriter or dialoguiste * 1961: ''

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, with

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and

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* 1963: ''

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'', film by

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, with

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, Francis Blanche and Sophie Daumier * 1965: '' L'Or du duc'', film by

, with

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, and

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* 1971: '' Églantine'', film by

, with

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, Claude Dauphin and

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;Television * 1966: ''Un beau dimanche'', Television film by

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, with Jean-Pierre Aumont

References

External links

''L’écrivain et journaliste Eric Ollivier s’est éteint''
on ''

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''La mort de l'écrivain et journaliste Éric Ollivier''
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''Éric Ollivier a pris la clé du large''
on '' Valeurs Actuelles''
Éric Ollivier
on the site of the Académie française * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ollivier, Eric 20th-century French novelists Lycée Henri-IV alumni 20th-century French journalists French screenwriters Roger Nimier Prize winners Prix Interallié winners Prix Sainte-Beuve winners Writers from Brest, France 1926 births 2015 deaths Deaths from cancer in France