Bernard Chapuis (born 1945 in Algiers) is a French writer and journalist.

Biography

A journalist working for ''

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'', he joined ''

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'' in the 1970s. He later succeeded

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for the daily notes in ''

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''. In 2005, he won the

prix Roger-Nimier The Roger Nimier Prize () is a French literature award. It is supposed to go to "a young author whose spirit is in line with the literary works of Roger Nimier". Nimier (1925–1962) was a novelist and a leading member of the Hussards movement. The ...

for his novel ''La Vie parlée'' published by

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and the

prix des Deux Magots The Prix des Deux Magots is a major French literary prize. It is presented to new works, and is generally awarded to works that are more off-beat and less conventional than those that receive the more mainstream Prix Goncourt. The name derives from ...

in 2010 for ''Le Rêve entouré d'eau'' at the same publisher. This novel also earned him th
Prix Mottard of the Académie française
He was named officier in the

Ordre des Arts et des Lettres The ''Ordre des Arts et des Lettres'' (Order of Arts and Letters) is an order of France established on 2 May 1957 by the Minister of Culture. Its supplementary status to the was confirmed by President Charles de Gaulle in 1963. Its purpose is ...

in January 2010.

Works

*1977: *1983: *1986: *1987: *1997: *2005:

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2005) *2006: *2009: (

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2010) *2012: ,

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Filmography

*2010 : ' by

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*2015 : ''

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'' by Pascal Thomas

References

External links

Bernard Chapuis
on the site of the Académie française
Barnard Chapuis
on

France Inter France Inter () is a major French public radio channel and part of Radio France. It is a "generalist" station, aiming to provide a wide national audience with a full service of news and spoken-word programming, both serious and entertaining, li ...

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on Bibliobs
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Le Figaro ''Le Figaro'' () is a French daily morning newspaper founded in 1826. It is headquartered on Boulevard Haussmann in the 9th arrondissement of Paris. The oldest national newspaper in France, ''Le Figaro'' is one of three French newspapers of reco ...

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chapuis, Bernard 20th-century French journalists 21st-century French journalists 20th-century French writers 20th-century French male writers 21st-century French writers Roger Nimier Prize winners Prix des Deux Magots winners Officiers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres 1945 births Writers from Algiers Living people French male non-fiction writers