Serge Bramly (born 31 January 1949 in

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) is a French-language writer and essayist.

Biography

He was born into a

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family in Tunis, Tunisia. When he was ten years old, his family emigrated to France. He was married to photographer Bettina Rheims, with whom he has collaborated frequently, and had a son, Virgile. His novel was adapted by Benoît Jacquot for the 2000 French film ''

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''. He is also noted for his books on

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and the ''

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''--''Leonardo: Discovering the Life of Leonardo da Vinci'', 1991 ''Leonardo: The Artist and the Man'' (1995), and ''Mona Lisa: The Enigma'' (2005). In 2008 he won the

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for his novel ''Le Premier Principe - Le Second Principe''.Alison Flood, "French literary prize season ends with triumph for Serge Bramly"
''The Guardian'', 19 November 2008.

Bibliography

* ''Terre Wakan'', Robert Laffont, essay 1974 * ''Macumba, forces noires du Brésil'', essay. Seghers, 1975,

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, 1981 * ''Rudolf Steiner: prophète de l'homme nouveau'', Retz, 1976, * ''L'Itinéraire du fou'', Flammarion, 1978 * ''Un Piège à Lumière'', Flammarion, 1979, * ''Man Ray'', essay. Pierre Belfond, 1980 * ''Le livre des dates'', essay, Ramsay, 1981 * ''La Danse du loup'', Belfond, 1982, * ''Léonard de Vinci'', éditions Lattès, 1988, , * ''Le Grand cheval de Léonard : le projet monumental de Léonard de Vinci'', Adam Biro, 1990, * ''Terre sacrée'',

, 1992 * ''Madame Satan'', Grasset, 1992, * ''Walter Carone Photographe'', Lattès, 1992, * ''La Terreur dans le boudoir'', Grasset, 1994, screen adaptation by Benoît Jacquot in 2001 * ''Le Réseau Melchior'', Lattès, 1996, * ''Anonym'', Kehayoff, Munich, 1996, (in German, Forward translated by

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) * ''INRI'', texte de Bramly, photographs by Bettina Rheims, éditions Monacelli Press, 2000, * ''Ragots'', Plon, 2001, * ''Shanghai'', Laffont, 2003, text by Bramly, photographs by Bettina Rheims, * ''Le Premier Principe - Le Second Principe'', éditions Lattès, 2008,

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1949 births Living people Writers from Tunis 20th-century French novelists 20th-century French male writers 21st-century French novelists Prix Interallié winners Prix des libraires winners French male novelists 21st-century French male writers {{France-writer-stub