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Philippe Collas or Philippe Collas-Villedary (born in
France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...
) is a French writer and scriptwriter who is famous for his historical and criminal thrillers. As the great-grandson of Pierre Bouchardon, the man who arrested
Mata Hari Margaretha Geertruida MacLeod (née Zelle; 7 August 187615 October 1917), better known by the stage name Mata Hari (), was a Dutch exotic dancer and courtesan who was convicted of being a spy for Germany during World War I. She was executed ...
, his biography about her is considered a notable reference.Adam Sage, "Misogyny and French lies killed Mata Hari", ''The Times'', London, 10 November 2003.


Awards

*1989: "Lauréat de la
Villa Médicis The Villa Medici () is a Mannerist villa and an architectural complex with a garden contiguous with the larger Borghese gardens, on the Pincian Hill next to Trinità dei Monti in Rome, Italy. The Villa Medici, founded by Ferdinando I de' Medici ...
Hors-Les Murs" for his work on King
Ludwig II of Bavaria Ludwig II (Ludwig Otto Friedrich Wilhelm; 25 August 1845 – 13 June 1886) was King of Bavaria from 1864 until his death in 1886. He is sometimes called the Swan King or ('the Fairy Tale King'). He also held the titles of Count Palatine of the ...
. *1991: "Prix Anne Philipe", named after the widow of the famous French actor, Gérard Philipe, an award for the most talented young theatrical writer.


Works

*''Louis II et Elisabeth d'Autriche, Âmes soeurs'', (Le Rocher, Paris/Monaco 2001) () *''
Maurice Dekobra Maurice Dekobra (26 May 1885, Paris – 1 June 1973, Paris) was a French writer. His real name was Ernest-Maurice Tessier.
, Gentleman entre deux mondes'' (Séguier, Paris 2002) () *'' Edith Wharton's French Riviera'', with Éric Villedary (Flammarion, Paris 2002; Rizzoli New-York 2002) () *''Mata Hari, Sa Véritable Histoire'', (Plon, Paris) 2003, (Piper Verlag, Munich 2009) () *'' Jean de La Fontaine, Détective'' (four opus) (Plon, Paris 2004/2007) *''Mata Hari, La dernière danse de l'espionne''. (French Pulp 2017).Simon Kuper, ''The Financial Times'', 20 October 2017 () *''L'Île du Lundi'', with Éric Villedary, (French Pulp 2018) () etc


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