Emmanuèle Bernheim (December 1955 – 10 May 2017) was a French writer. She was the daughter of art collector André Bernheim and sculptress Claude de Soria. In 1993 she won the

Prix Médicis The Prix Médicis is a French literary award given each year in November. It was founded in 1958 by and . It is awarded to an author whose "fame does not yet match his talent." The award goes to a work of fiction in the French language. In 19 ...

with her book ''Sa femme''. She wrote the screenplay of feature films '' Swimming Pool'' (2003) and '' 5x2'' (2004), both directed by

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. She lived in

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and also worked for television. In 1998 she wrote Vendredi soir (Friday night), a novel that was adapted into film by

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in 2002. She also worked with

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on a film adaptation of his novel

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. Her memoir ''Tout s'est bien passé'' (''Everything went fine'') was adapted in 2021 for a film of the same name by Ozon.

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1955 births 2017 deaths Writers from Paris French women screenwriters French screenwriters French women novelists 20th-century French non-fiction writers 21st-century French non-fiction writers 20th-century French women writers 21st-century French women writers Prix Médicis winners Chevaliers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres {{France-novelist-20thC-stub