Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt
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28 March 1960 Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon, Rhône |
| Nationality | French and Belgian |
| Education | graduated 1983; Ph.D., 1987. |
| Alma mater | Ecole Normale Supérieure |
| Notable works | Oscar and the Lady in Pink |
| Notable awards | Grand prix des lectrices de Elle |
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Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt (born 28 March 1960) is a Franco–Belgian dramatist, novelist, fiction writer and film director. His plays have been staged in over fifty countries all over the world.
Schmitt studied at the Lycée du Parc in Lyon, France and École normale supérieure in Paris (1980–1985), where he received a doctorate in philosophy. The title of his dissertation was "Diderot et la métaphysique" (Diderot and Metaphysics). He spent three years teaching in Cherbourg and at the University of Chambéry.
He is of Alsatian extraction. Growing up under the influence of his parents' atheist outlook, he eventually professed himself a Christian after years of being an agnostic.
He has lived in Brussels since 2002 and obtained Belgian citizenship in 2008.
Initially, Schmitt was known as a scriptwriter for the stage. His debut work, "La nuit de Valognes", was produced a number of times in 1991 and 1992, both in France and abroad. His breakthrough theater work came with his second script, "Le Visiteur", which won three prizes at the "" in 1994.
The following years were littered with theatrical successes such as "Golden Joe" (1995), "Variations Énigmatiques" (1996), "Le Libertin" (1997), "Milarepa" (1997), "Frédérick ou Le Boulevard du Crime" (1998), "Hôtel des deux mondes" (1999) and "Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran" (1999).
Schmitt covers a variety of themes in his work. "Golden Joe" takes a look of the cynical attitudes to life of those involved in high finance. In "Variations énigmatiques", the author gives voice to two very different men, who discuss their own philosophies of life and love - as it turns out, both were in love with the same woman. "Le Libertin" is a historical drama about the life of philosopher Denis Diderot and a film version was released in 2000.
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