. Benjamin Berton (born 1974,

Valenciennes Valenciennes (, also , , ; nl, label=also Dutch, Valencijn; pcd, Valincyinnes or ; la, Valentianae) is a commune in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France. It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced a s ...

) is a French writer.

Biography

Benjamin Berton graduated from the

Institut d’études politiques de Paris , motto_lang = fr , mottoeng = Roots of the Future , type = Public research university'' Grande école'' , established = , founder = Émile Boutmy , accreditation ...

and received a

D.E.A. The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA; ) is a United States federal law enforcement agency under the U.S. Department of Justice tasked with combating drug trafficking and distribution within the U.S. It is the lead agency for domestic enf ...

in social and cultural history. ''Sauvageons'', a chronicle of the lives of northern teenagers in need of reference points, won the

prix Goncourt du premier roman The Prix Goncourt (french: Le prix Goncourt, , ''The Goncourt Prize'') 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". The prize carries a symbolic reward o ...

in 2000 as well as the

Prix littéraire de la vocation The prix littéraire de la vocation, established in 1976 by the fondation Marcel-Bleustein-Blanchet pour la vocation, is intended to help a young French-speaking novelist aged 18 to 30 years. List of laureates *1976: ''Les Régions céréalièr ...

the same year. He lives in

Le Mans Le Mans (, ) is a city in northwestern France on the Sarthe River where it meets the Huisne. Traditionally the capital of the province of Maine, it is now the capital of the Sarthe department and the seat of the Roman Catholic diocese of Le Man ...

, where the action of ''La Chambre à remonter le temps'' takes place.Benjamin Berton à la recherche du Mans perdu
'Express, 8 octobre 2011.

Works

* 2000: ''Sauvageons'' * 2001: ''Classe Affaires'' * 2004: ''Pirates'' * 2007: ''Foudres de guerre'' * 2009: ''Alain Delon est une star au Japon'' * 2011: ''La Chambre à remonter le temps'' * 2014: ''Le Nuage radioactif'' * 2015: ''J'étais la terreur''

References

External links

Biography
on RING
Benjamin Berton
on Babelio
''Benjamin Berton. L'écrivain sarthois dans la peau d'un frère Kouachi''
on '' Ouest France'' (10 July 2015)
Benjamin Berton présente le Nuage Radioactif
on YouTube {{DEFAULTSORT:Berton, Benjamin 1974 births People from Valenciennes Writers from Nord (French department) Living people 21st-century French non-fiction writers Prix Goncourt du Premier Roman recipients