Jean-Paul Didierlaurent

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Didierlaurent in 2014

Jean-Paul Didierlaurent (2 March 1962 – 5 December 2021) was a French writer.[1]

Career[edit]

He is best known for the novel The Reader on the 6.27 (Le liseur du 6h27, 2014), translated into English by Ros Schwartz and published by Pan Books in 2015 (ISBN 978-1-4472-7649-4).[2][3]

Didierlaurent was awarded the 2015 Cezam Prix Littéraire Inter CE for Le liseur du 6h27.[4]

Didierlaurent's second novel Le reste de leur vie was also translated by Ros Schwartz and was published as The Rest of Their Lives by Mantle in 2017 (ISBN 9781509840342).

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Jean-Paul Didierlaurent: Biographie par l'auteur". comediedulivre.fr. Archived from the original on 14 September 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  2. ^ Cox, Roger (20 June 2015). "Book review: The reader on the 6.27". The Scotsman. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  3. ^ Popescu, Lucy (6 June 2015). "The Reader on the 6.27, by Jean-Paul Didierlaurent - book review: set to woo British readers and become a book club favourite". The Independent. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Remise du Prix littéraire 2015". Cezam. Retrieved 24 December 2017.