Joël Egloff (born 1970, Créhange in

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) is a contemporary French writer and screenwriter.

Biography

After his baccalaureate, Joel Egloff studied history in

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and then enrolled in a school of cinema, the ESEC (École supérieure libre d’études cinématographiques) in Paris. He wrote scenarios and worked as assistant director. He is now devoted to writing. He is the author of five novels, including '' L'Étourdissement '' which got the Prix du Livre Inter 2005. ''L’Homme que l’on prenait pour un autre'' (, 2008) combines strange poetry and black humor. It is the story of an individual with such an ordinary face and a face so common that he is "daily taken for someone else".

Work

Novels

* ''Edmond Ganglion & fils'' # Monaco, Paris:

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, 1999, 162 p. (Littérature). # Extrait in ''12 extraits de romans de la rentrée'', supplément de ''Lire'' n° 277 "spécial livres de poche", 07/1999, p. 37-43. # Paris: Éd. France loisirs, 2000, 162 p. # Paris:

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, 2001, 162 p. (Folio n° 3485). # Monaco ; Paris : Éd. du Rocher, 2009, 162 p. (Littérature). * ''Ce que je fais là assis par terre'' # Monaco ; Paris : Éd. du Rocher, 2003, 154 p. (Littérature). * ''L'Étourdissement'' # Paris : Buchet/Chastel, 2004, 142 p. # Paris : le Grand livre du mois, 2005, 142 p. # Paris : Éd. France loisirs, 2006, 187 p. (Courts romans & autres nouvelles). # Paris : Gallimard, 2006, 140 p. (Folio n° 4418). * ''L’Homme que l’on prenait pour un autre'' # Paris: Buchet/Chastel, 2008, 202 p. # Paris: Pocket, 2009, 153 p. (Pocket Best n° 13722). * ''J’enquête'' # Buchet-Chastel, 2016, 288 p.

Short stories

; Collection of short stories * ''Les Ensoleillés'' # Monaco, Paris : Éd. du Rocher, 2000, 157 p. (Littérature). # Paris, Gallimard, 2002, 157 p. (Folio n° 3651). * ''Libellules'' - de la Nouvelle 2012 # Paris : Buchet/Chastel, 2012, 192 p. # Paris : Gallimard, 2014, 147 p. (Folio n° 5706). ; Short stories: * "Ta maison, l’assurance te la remboursera". ''Le Figaro littéraire'', 20 July 2007. * "La Grande Réparation". In ''Bienvenue en Transylvanie : neuf histoires de vampires'', anthologie. Points n° 2971, 2013.

Preface

* ''La Source '' by Hubert Mingarelli. Sainte-Anastasie : Cadex, 2012, 52 p. (Texte au carré).

Prizes and awards

* 1999:

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for ''Edmond Ganglion & fils'' (Éd. du Rocher) * 2000:

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for ''Les Ensoleillés'' (Éd. du Rocher) * 2004: Prix de l'Humour noir for ''Ce que je fais là assis par terre'' (Éd. du Rocher) * 2005: Prix du Livre Inter and Prix du Roman des Libraires Édouard-Leclerc for ''L'Étourdissement'' (Buchet/Chastel) * 2012: Grand prix

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de la Nouvelle for ''Libellules'' (Buchet/Chastel)

Adaptations of his works

Theatre

* 2007: ''L'Étourdissement''. Theatrical adaptation and staging by with Denis Barré, Christine Zavan, Benjamin Zeitoun. Creation at Théâtre Confluences (

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, 24 October to 25 November 2007).

Short films

* 2007: ''Les Ensoleillés''. Direction Didier Massot. Jeu: sophie Bezard. Cadre: Loetitia Candellier. Duration: 8 min 42 s. Short film shot during a stage of leadership of actors. It is the result of a work done by the director with the actress Sophie Bezard on a monologue of the collection ''Les Ensoleillés''. * 2014 : ''L’Étourdissement''. Direction: Gérard Pautonnier. Production: Elzevir Films & Bactery Films. Duration: 23 min. With Arthur Dupont, Philippe Duquesne, Pascale Arbillot,

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, Féodor Atkine, Miglen Mirtchev, Éric Bougnon, Marie Berto.

Bibliography

; Chronicles * Ferniot, Christine. "Étourdis et confus". ''

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'', 12 January 2008, n° 3026. * Fillon, Alexandre. "Un autre monde". ''Livres-Hebdo'', 23 November 2007, n° 711, p. 39. ; Interviews * Labat, Julien. "L’art de l’absurde". ''Page des libraires'', January–February 2008, n° 118, p. 24.