Pierre Lemaitre (born 19 April 1951) is a

Prix Goncourt The Prix Goncourt (french: Le prix Goncourt, , ''The Goncourt Prize'') is a prize in French literature, given by the académie Goncourt to the author of "the best and most imaginative prose work of the year". The prize carries a symbolic reward o ...

-winning French author and a screenwriter, internationally renowned for the crime novels featuring the fictional character Commandant Camille Verhœven. His first novel to be translated into English, ''Alex'',Lemaître, Pierre. ''Alex'', translated by Frank Wynne. London: MacLehose, 2013.
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CWA International Dagger The CWA International Dagger (formerly known as the Duncan Lawrie International Dagger) is an award given by the Crime Writers' Association for best translated crime novel of the year. The winning author and translator receives an ornamental Dagge ...

for best translated crime novel of 2013. In November 2013, he was awarded the

, France's top literary prize, for ''Au revoir là-haut'' (published in English as ''The Great Swindle''), an epic about World War I. His novels ''Camille'' and ''The Great Swindle'' won the

in 2015 and 2016 respectively.

Personal life

Pierre Lemaitre worked as a teacher in literature and now devotes his time writing novels and screenplays.

Bibliography

Novels

'' Camille Verhœven'' series: # ''

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'' (''Travail soigné'') (2006), English translation by

Frank Wynne Frank Wynne (born 1962) is an Irish literary translator and writer. Born in County Sligo in the west of Ireland, he worked as a comics editor at Fleetway and later at comic magazine ''Deadline''. He worked for a time at AOL before becoming a l ...

, 2014 # ''

Alex Alex is a given name. It can refer to a shortened version of Alexander, Alexandra, Alexis. People Multiple *Alex Brown (disambiguation), multiple people * Alex Gordon (disambiguation), multiple people *Alex Harris (disambiguation), multiple pe ...

'' (2011), English translation by Frank Wynne, 2013 # ''Les Grands Moyens'' (2011), reissued in 2013 as ''Rosy & John'' # '' Camille'' (''Sacrifices'') (2012), English translation by Frank Wynne, 2015 ''Les Enfants du désastre'' trilogy: # '' The Great Swindle'' (''Au revoir là-haut'') (2013), English translation by Frank Wynne, 2015 # ''All Human Wisdom'' (''Couleurs de l'incendie'') (2018), English translation 2021 # ''Mirror of our Sorrows'' (''Miroir de nos peines'') (2020), English translation 2022 ''Les Années Glorieuses'', tetralogy: 1. ''The Great World (Le Grand Monde)'' (February 2022) Stand-alones: * ''Blood Wedding'' (''Robe de marié'') (2009), English translation by Frank Wynne, 2016 * ''Inhuman Resources'' (''Cadres noirs'') (2010), English translation: by Sam Gordon, 2018 * ''Three Days and a Life'' (''Trois jours et une vie'') (2016), English translation by Frank Wynne, 2017 * ''The Great Snake'' (''Le Serpent majuscule'') (2021), English translation: 2022

Short stories

* "Une initiative" (2014) * "Les Événements de Péronne" (2018)

Comics

''Les Enfants du désastre'' series: # ''Au revoir là-haut'' (2016), with

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''Camille Verhœven'' series (with Pascal Bertho, illustrated by Yannick Corboz): # ''Irene'' (2019), based on novel ''Irene'' # ''Rosie'' (2018), based on novel ''Rosy & John''

Non-fiction

* ''Savoir apprendre'' (1986), with François Maquere, guide * ''Dictionnaire amoureux du polar'' (2020), literature

Awards and honours

*''Travail soigné'' **2006 Prix du premier roman du festival de Cognac, ''Travail soigné'' **2009 Prix des lectrices Confidentielles, ''Travail soigné'' **2009 Prix Sang d'encre et Prix des lecteurs Goutte de Sang d'encre, Vienne, ''Travail soigné'' **2009 Prix du polar francophone de Montigny les Cormeilles, ''Travail soigné'' *''Cadres noirs'' **2010 Prix Le Point du polar européen, ''Cadres noirs'' *''

'' **2012 Prix des lecteurs policier du Livre de poche, ''Alex'' **2013

, ''Alex'' (translated by

) *''Au revoir là-haut'' **2013 Prix des libraires de Nancy ''Le Point'', ''Au revoir là-haut'' **2013 Roman français préféré des libraires à la Rentrée, ''Au revoir là-haut'' **2013

, ''Au revoir là-haut'' **2016 CWA International Dagger, ''The Great Swindle'' (translated by

) *'' Camille'' **2015 CWA International Dagger, ''Camille'' (translated by

)

Adaptations

* '' See You Up There'' (2017), film directed by

Albert Dupontel Albert Dupontel (; born 11 January 1964) is a French actor, film director and screenwriter. Following his father's path, he studied medicine but eventually switched to theater, disillusioned by hospital life. He started his career as a stand-up c ...

, based on novel '' The Great Swindle'' * ''

Three Days and a Life 3 is a number, numeral, and glyph. 3, three, or III may also refer to: * AD 3, the third year of the AD era * 3 BC, the third year before the AD era * March, the third month Books * '' Three of Them'' (Russian: ', literally, "three"), a 190 ...

'' (2019), film directed by

Nicolas Boukhrief Nicolas Boukhrief (born 4 June 1963) is a French screenwriter, film director and actor. Boukhrief started his career as a journalist. In 1990 he created ''the Newspaper of the cinema'' on Canal+, and was the writer in chief until 1993, when he ...

, based on novel ''Three Days and a Life'' * ''

Inhuman Resources ''Inhuman Resources'' (''french: Dérapages'') is a 2020 French-language television miniseries based on the book ''Cadres Noirs'' by Pierre Lemaitre, starring Eric Cantona, Suzanne Clément and Alex Lutz. Plot Alain Delambre (Eric Cantona) ha ...

'' (2020), miniseries directed by

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, based on novel ''Inhuman Resources''

References

External links

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Review, ''Irene''
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lemaitre, Pierre 1951 births Living people 20th-century French male writers 21st-century French male writers 20th-century French novelists 21st-century French novelists French male novelists French male screenwriters French screenwriters Prix Goncourt winners Writers from Paris