Valérie Perrin (born 19 January 1967, in Remiremont) is a French novelist, screenwriter, and photographer. She is best known as the author of the novels ''Les Oubliés du dimanche'' (2015), and ''Changer l'eau des fleurs'' (2018), and for screenwriting on the films ''

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'' (2014), '' Un plus une'' (2015), and '' Everyone's Life'' (2017). Her works have been translated into over 30 languages.

Life and career

Perrin was born 19 January 1967 in Remiremont, France, and grew up in

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in a family of footballers. She moved to Paris in 1986, working odd jobs before settling with Claude Lelouch, whom she had met in 2006 after writing him a letter. She began screenwriting when she collaborated with Lelouch for 2014 French drama ''

''. She would go on to collaborate with him for the screenplays of '' Un plus une'' (2015) and '' Everyone's Life'' (2017). After having worked on ''Salaud, on t'aime'', Perrin published her first novel ''Les Oubliés du dimanche'', published by Éditions Albin Michel in 2015 and Le Livre de Poche in 2017. The book was a success, being awarded a Booksellers Choice Award, a Chronos Award, the National Lion's Prize for Literature, the

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in 2016. Perrin's following novel, ''Changer l'eau des fleurs'', was published in 2018 by Albin Michel and Les Livres de Poche in 2019. In 2020, it was translated into English by Hildegarde Serle for Europa Editions, where the novel became an international success. Her novel ''Trois'', was published in 2021. She married Lelouch in a civil ceremony in Paris in 2023.

Literary work

Novels

* ''Les Oubliés du dimanche'', Éditions Albin Michel (2015), Le Livre de Poche (2017), Europa Editions (2023) * ''Changer l'eau des fleurs'', Éditions Albin Michel (2018), Les Livres de Poche (2019), Europa Editions (2020) * ''Trois'', Éditions Albin Michel (2021), Les Livres de Poche (2022), Europa Editions (2022)

Short stories

* ''24 hours together'' (with Wilfried N'sondé and

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), Editións ActuSF, 2019

Screenplays

* ''

'' (2014) * '' Un plus une'' (2015) * '' Everyone's Life'' (2017)

Awards

* ''Forgotten on Sunday'' ** National Lion's Prize for Literature, 2016 ** Chronos award, 2016 ** Poulet-Malassis Prize, 2016 * ''Fresh Water for Flowers'' ** Maison de la Presse, 2018 ** Les Livres de Poche Reader's Prize, 2019

References

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