Louis Gardel is a notable French novelist, screenwriter, and publisher, born in Algiers in 1939. He is also publishing director of

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and a permanent member of the

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jury. Gardel biography at Prix Renaudot
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Bibliography

* ''L'Été fracassé'' (1973) * ''Couteau de chaleur'' (1976) * ''Fort Saganne'' (1980) (Winner:

Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française Le Grand Prix du Roman is a French literary award, created in 1914, and given each year by the Académie française. Along with the Prix Goncourt The Prix Goncourt (french: Le prix Goncourt, , ''The Goncourt Prize'') is a prize in French litera ...

1980) * ''Le Beau Rôle'' (1986) * ''Notre homme'' (1987) * ''Dar baroud'' (1993) * ''L’Aurore des bien-aimés'' (1997) * ''Grand Seigneur'' (1999) * ''La Baie d'Alger'' (2007)

Screenplays

*'' Radetzky March (film)'' (1965) Director:

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. Based on the novel by

Joseph Roth Moses Joseph Roth (2 September 1894 – 27 May 1939) was an Austrian journalist and novelist, best known for his family saga '' Radetzky March'' (1932), about the decline and fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, his novel of Jewish life '' Job'' ...

*''

Fort Saganne ''Fort Saganne'' is a 1984 French war film directed by Alain Corneau and starring Gérard Depardieu, Philippe Noiret, Catherine Deneuve, and Sophie Marceau. Based on the 1980 novel of the same name by Louis Gardel, the film is about a soldier ...

'' (1984) Director:

Alain Corneau Alain Corneau (7 August 1943 – 30 August 2010) was a French film director and writer. Corneau was born in Meung-sur-Loire, Loiret. Originally a musician, he worked with Costa-Gavras as an assistant, which was also his first opportunity to work ...

*'' Nocturne indien'' (1989) Director: Alain Corneau *'' Indochine'' (1992) Director:

Régis Wargnier Régis Wargnier (; born 18 April 1948) is a French film director, film producer, screenwriter and film score composer. His 1992 film ''Indochine (film), Indochine'' won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 65th Academy Awards. ...

*''

East/West ''East/West'' (french: Est-Ouest; russian: Восток-Запад, Vostok-Zapad) is a 1999 drama film directed by Régis Wargnier, starring Sandrine Bonnaire, Oleg Menshikov, Catherine Deneuve and Sergei Bodrov Jr. It received generally positi ...

'' (1999) Director: Régis Wargnier *'' Himalaya, l’enfance d’un chef'' (1999) Director:

Eric Valli The given name Eric, Erich, Erikk, Erik, Erick, or Eirik is derived from the Old Norse name ''Eiríkr'' (or ''Eríkr'' in Old East Norse due to monophthongization). The first element, ''ei-'' may be derived from the older Proto-Norse ''* ain ...

Notes and references

External links

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