Pierre Lemaitre
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Pierre Lemaitre - Salon du livre de Paris - 23 mars 2014
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| Born |
April 19, 1951 Paris, France |
| Occupation | Author, Screenplay writer |
| Nationality | French |
| Period | 2006–present |
| Genre | Fiction, thriller, mystery, History |
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Pierre Lemaitre (born 19 April 1951 in Paris) is a Prix Goncourt-winning French author and a screenwriter, internationally renowned for the crime novels featuring the fictional character Commandant Camille Verhœven.
His first novel to be translated into English, Alex, is a translation of the French book of the same title, it won the CWA International Dagger for best crime novel of 2013.
In November 2013, he was awarded the Prix Goncourt, France's top literary prize, for Au revoir là-haut, an epic about World War I. The translation of another of his French novels, Camille won the CWA International Dagger in 2015.
Novels
Pierre Lemaitre worked as a teacher in literature and now devotes his time writing novels and screenplays.
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