''Entre les Murs'' ( en, Between the walls) is a work of contemporary fiction by French writer François Bégaudeau. It is a

semi-autobiographical An autobiographical novel is a form of novel using autofiction techniques, or the merging of autobiographical and fictive elements. The literary technique is distinguished from an autobiography or memoir by the stipulation of being fiction. Bec ...

account of Bégaudeau's experiences as a

literature Literature is any collection of written work, but it is also used more narrowly for writings specifically considered to be an art form, especially prose fiction, drama, and poetry. In recent centuries, the definition has expanded to include ...

teacher in an

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middle school in

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. Published in

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, it won the Prix France Culture/Télérama. In 2008, it was adapted to film by

Laurent Cantet Laurent Cantet (; born 11 April 1961) is a French director, cinematographer and screenwriter. His film ''Entre les murs'' (''The Class (2008 film), The Class'') won the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 2008. Biography Laurent Cantet was bo ...

, also called '' Entre les murs''; this film received the

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at the

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. The English-language version of ''Entre les murs'' was published in April 2009 by

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under the title ''The Class''.

Bibliographical information

* ''Entre les murs '', Éditions Verticales, 2006, .

References

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