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Tonino Benacquista (born in Choisy-le-Roi on 1 September 1961) is a French crime fiction author, comics writer, and screenwriter. He wrote the novel ''Malavita'' (''Badfellas'' for 2010 English translation), which was later adapted into a film by
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1961 births Living people People from Choisy-le-Roi French people of Italian descent French male screenwriters French screenwriters French comics writers French mystery writers 20th-century French novelists 20th-century French male writers 21st-century French novelists French male novelists 21st-century French male writers {{comics-writer-stub
Tonino Benacquista (born in Choisy-le-Roi on 1 September 1961) is a French crime fiction author, comics writer, and screenwriter. He wrote the novel ''Malavita'' (''Badfellas'' for 2010 English translation), which was later adapted into a film by Relativity Media
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and EuropaCorp
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titled ''The Family
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''; it was released on 13 September 2013 in North America.
Awards
*1992 Grand Prix de Littérature Policière for ''La Commedia des ratés'' *1998 Angoulême International Comics Festival René Goscinny award for ''L'Outremangeur''; Grand prix des lectrices de Elle for ''Saga'',Éditions Gallimard
Éditions Gallimard (), formerly Éditions de la Nouvelle Revue Française (1911–1919) and Librairie Gallimard (1919–1961), is one of the leading French book publishers. In 2003 it and its subsidiaries published 1,418 titles.
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*2001 César Award for Best Writing The César Award for Best Writing (french: César du meilleur scénario, dialogues ou adaptation (1976-1982); ''César du meilleur scénario original ou adaptation'' (1986-2005) is a discontinued award given by the Académie des Arts et Techniques ...
for '' Sur mes lèvres'', shared with Jacques Audiard.
*2005 César Award for Best Writing The César Award for Best Writing (french: César du meilleur scénario, dialogues ou adaptation (1976-1982); ''César du meilleur scénario original ou adaptation'' (1986-2005) is a discontinued award given by the Académie des Arts et Techniques ...
– Adapted, for '' The Beat That My Heart Skipped, shared with Jacques Audiard
External links
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1961 births Living people People from Choisy-le-Roi French people of Italian descent French male screenwriters French screenwriters French comics writers French mystery writers 20th-century French novelists 20th-century French male writers 21st-century French novelists French male novelists 21st-century French male writers {{comics-writer-stub