Didier Decoin

Didier Decoin ( born March 13, 1945 in Boulogne- Billancourt ( Seine) ) is a French writer who was awarded in 1977 for the novel John Bright the Prix Goncourt.

Biography

Didier Decoin is the son of filmmaker Henri Decoin. He began his career as a journalist at the newspaper France Soir, Le Figaro and VOD, and radio Europe 1 the same time he began to write. In 1977 he was awarded for the novel John Bright the Prix Goncourt.

While he continued to write his own works, he was also a screenwriter for film and television success ( adaptations and scripts for television films like the great Les Miserables, The Count of Monte Cristo, Balzac and Napoleon ). In 1995 he became secretary of the Académie Goncourt. In 2007, he became president of the Écrivain de Marine.

Bibliography

Novels

  • Le Procès à l' Amour ( Seuil, 1966) ( Bourse Del Duca )
  • La Mise au monde ( Seuil, 1967)
  • Laurence ( Seuil, 1969)
  • Elisabeth ou Dieu seul le sait ( Seuil, 1970) ( prix des Quatre juries )
  • Abraham de Brooklyn ( Seuil, 1971) ( prix des Libraires )
  • Ceux qui vont S'aimer ( Seuil, 1973)
  • Un policeman ( Seuil, 1975)
  • John l' Enfer ( Seuil, 1977) ( Prix Goncourt ) German: Window to hell. From the French by Frederick Ulrich Müller, Ullstein Verlag GmbH, 1994, ISBN 978-3550063053
  • German: Inventing lovers, Earthscan, 1999, ISBN 978-3426600252
  • German: The beautiful bookseller, Earthscan, 1996, ISBN 978-3426603932
  • German: The silent walker, Earthscan (1998), ISBN 978-3426605967
  • German by Bettina Bach: The Death of Kitty Genovese, Roman. Arche Literatur Verlag in Zurich 2011, ISBN 978-3-7160-2660-1.

Essays

  • Il fait Dieu ( Julliard, 1975, réédité Fayard 1997)
  • La Nuit de l' été ( d'après le film de JC Brialy, Balland 1979)
  • La Bible racontée aux enfants ( Calmann -Levy ) German: The Bible of children illustrates Weber, SA, Geneva, September 1994, ISBN 978-3295003086

With other authors

  • La Hague, avec Natacha Hochman ( photographies ) ( Isoète, 1991)
  • Cherbourg, avec Natacha Hochman ( photographies ) ( Isoète, 1992)
  • Presqu'ile de lumière, avec Patrick Courault ( photographies ) ( Isoète, 1996)
  • Sentinels de lumière, avec Jean -Marc Coudour ( photographies ) ( Desclée de Brouwer, 1997)

Filmography ( screenplays )

  • The Wonderful Visit, Marcel Carné (1973 )
  • The Bible, Marcel Carné (1976 )
  • I like Icarus, Henri Verneuil (1979 )
  • The Indian, Serge Leroy (1983 )
  • Tired, Robert Enrico
  • A good little devil, Jean -Claude Brialy
  • One veiled, Maroun Baghdadi (1987 )
  • Dancing Machine, Béhat Gilles ( 1990)
  • Hors la vie, Maroun Baghdadi (1991 )
  • Smoldering, Serge Moati (1994 )
  • Jacob, the liar Peter Kassovitz (1998)
  • The Count of Monte Cristo (TV), Josée Dayan (1999)
  • Balzac - A Life of Passion (TV), Josée Dayan (1999)
  • The King is dancing (Le Roi danse ), Gerard Corbiau (2000)
  • Les Misérables - Prisoners of Fate (TV), Josée Dayan (2000)
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