Gilbert Sinoué

Sinoué Gilbert ( born February 18, 1947 in Cairo, Egypt) is a French writer of Egyptian origin.

Life

Sinoué attended the Jesuit College in his hometown and went with nineteen years in 1966 to France to study music. He studied, among others Classical guitar at the École normale de musique.

Reception

From the students' time Sinoués his first literary attempts, but what he gave back in favor of the music soon come. Only in 1987 he made ​​his debut as a writer. After he was able to surpass the success of his first novel, he is now left of the music and devoted himself mainly to writing. In addition to his novels Sinoué could succeed as a writer of screenplays.

Honors

Works (selection)

As author

  • Le dernier pharaon. Mehemet Ali ( 1770-1849 ). Pygmalion, Paris 1997, ISBN 2-85704-517-4.
  • L' ambassadrice. Calmann - Lévy, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-253-15485-7. Emma. The life of Lady Hamilton. Beck, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-406-50204-0.
  • A mon fils. A l' aube du troisième millénaire. Gallimard, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-07-075872-9.
  • Impressions d' Égypte. La Martinière, Paris 2011, ISBN 978-2-7324-4399-7 (illustrated by Denis Dailleux ).
  • La pourpre et l' olivier. Orban, Paris, 1987, ISBN 2-85565-335-5 ( discussed life Calixtus I. ). Purple and olive branch. Earthscan, Munich 1994, ISBN 3-426-63013-3.
  • The road to Ispahan. Earthscan, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-426-62008-1.
  • The beautiful Scheherazade. Earthscan, Munich 1995, ISBN 3-426-63015- X.
  • Daughter of Egypt. Knaur, Munich 1995, ISBN 3-426-63026-5.
  • The blue stone. Earthscan, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-426-61020-5 ( focuses on the Inquisition in Spain).
  • The secret of Flanders. Droemer, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-426-19535-6.
  • Love all times. Knaur, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-426-62668-3 (former title: Ricardo's eternal love).
  • L' homme qui regardait la nuit. Flammarion, Paris 2012, ISBN 978-2-08-121913-7.
  • Les nuits du Caire. Arthaud, Paris, 2013, ISBN 978-2-08-130255-6.

As editor

  • Le livre et des sagesses d'orient. Le Grand Livre du mois, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-7028-5293-9.
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