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
- ^ "Jean-Paul Didierlaurent: Biographie par l'auteur". comediedulivre.fr. Archived from the original on 14 September 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
- ^ Cox, Roger (20 June 2015). "Book review: The reader on the 6.27". The Scotsman. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Remise du Prix littéraire 2015". Cezam. Retrieved 24 December 2017.