Stephen Clarke (writer)

Stephen Clarke (born 1958 ) is a British author.

Prior to his work as a writer Clarke worked as a gag writer for BBC Radio 4 and as a copywriter for the comic artist Gilbert Shelton. In the early 1990s he moved to Paris.

In 2004 he published the novel A Year in the Merde, which appeared in Germany under the title An Englishman in Paris. The book, which takes the characteristics of the French with British charm on the grain, proved a great success and was translated into 17 languages ​​to date. Clarke had the manuscript originally printed 200 times for friends and acquaintances until an interested publishing staff fell into the hands. Clarke is related to the themes of his books in the succession of similar successful Daninos Pierre, the author of Major Thompson discovered the French.

In 2005, the bestselling Merde Actually followed (Eng. I am a Parisian ), the displaced in Clarke's native England Harry Potter from No. 1 on the bestseller list and the story of A Year in the Merde was continuing. Followed in 2007 with the third sequel Merde happens around the protagonist Paul West, which was built along with Talk to the Snail (Eng. survival in French ) in 2008 into German. 2010 was followed by the fourth volume in the Merde series as well as the humorous history book Liberté, Egalite, chips for tea: Why have the English invented France ( "1000 Years Of Annoying The French ").

Works (selection)

  • An Englishman in Paris. My year with the French ( " A Year in the Merde "). Piper, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-492-26274-3, 315 pp.
  • I am a Parisian. An Englishman discovers France ( " Merde Actually "). Piper, Munich 2006, ISBN 978-3-492-25092-4.
  • Survival among the French. A crash course in 10 lessons ( "Talk to the Snail "). Piper, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-492-25399-4.
  • Merde happens. An Englishman from Paris discovered America (" Merde Happens "). Piper, München 2010, ISBN 978-3-492-25749-7.
  • An Englishman in Paris and love ( " A Year in the Merde "). Piper, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-492-26274-3, 93 pp. ( Hons. from An Englishman in Paris).
  • An Englishman in Saint- Tropez. My adventure in the Mediterranean ( " Dial M for Merde "). Piper, München 2010, ISBN 978-3-492-25893-7.
  • Liberté, Egalite, chips for tea: Why have the English invented France ( "1000 Years Of Annoying The French "). Piper, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-492-26479-2.
  • A brief history of the future ("A Brief History of the Future "). Piper, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-492-25959-0.
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