Jean-Paul Dubois (born 1950 in

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) is a French journalist and author. He won the

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in 2019 for '' Tous les hommes n'habitent pas le monde de la même façon'' ("All Men Do Not Inhabit This World in the Same Way"), a novel told from the perspective of a prisoner looking back on life. The jury compared Dubois to John Irving and

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, who wrote books that were both popular and critical successes. He is the author of several novels and travel pieces, and is a reporter for '' Le Nouvel Observateur''. His novel, ''Une vie française'', published in French in 2004 and in English in 2007, is a saga of the French

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generation, from the idealism of the 1960s to the consumerism of the 1990s. The French version of the novel won the

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Works

* Tous les matins je me lève : roman,

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, 1988, * ''Kennedy et moi: roman'', Seuil, 1996, * ''Je pense à autre chose'', Editions de l'Olivier, 1997, * ''Si ce livre pouvait me rapprocher de toi'',

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, 1999, * ; Random House Digital, Inc. 2008, ** ''A French Life'', Penguin Books, 2008, * Foreword to *''Le cas Sneijder'', Editions de l'Olivier, 2011, *'' Tous les hommes n'habitent pas le monde de la même façon'', Editions de l'Olivier, 2019, ,

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dubois, Jean-Paul 1950 births Living people Writers from Toulouse 20th-century French novelists 21st-century French novelists French travel writers French journalists Prix Femina winners Prix Goncourt winners French male novelists 20th-century French male writers 21st-century French male writers French male non-fiction writers