Pierre Siniac (1928–2002) received the

Grand Prix de Littérature Policière The Grand Prix de Littérature Policière (or the Police Literature Grand Prize) is a French literary prize founded in 1948 by author and literary critic Maurice-Bernard Endrèbe. It is the most prestigious award for crime and detective fiction in ...

in 1981 for three of his works, including ''Aime le Maudit''. ''Ferdinaud Céline'' was published in

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in 1997 to great acclaim. Translated to English by Jordan Stump, it was published under the title ''The Collaborators''.

Pierre Bayard Pierre Bayard (born 1954) is currently professor of Literature at the University of Paris 8 and psychoanalyst. He is the author of many creative essays such as ''Who Killed Roger Ackroyd?'' (2002), ''How to Talk about Books You Haven't Read'' (2 ...

discussed it in ''Comment parler des livres que l'on n'a pas lus?'' (''How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read''). A story about the

Paris Métro Line 8 Paris Métro Line 8 ( French: ''Ligne 8 du métro de Paris'') is one of the sixteen lines of the Paris Métro. It connects Balard in the southwestern part of Paris to Pointe du Lac station in the southeastern suburbs, following a parabolic rout ...

inspired his novel ''Le Crime du dernier métro'', published in 2001.

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1928 births 2002 deaths French male writers 20th-century French male writers {{france-writer-stub