Armel Job

Armel was the third in a family of four boys. His father was a mattress-maker, then a grain dealer, and his grandfather was a horse dealer.

Armel entered the Bastogne seminary at the age of twelve, where Latin and Greek formed the basis of his education. He also studied the piano and played in the school orchestra. He was a member of the student theater.

He pursued university studies at the University of Liège. His undergraduate degree was in philosophy and letters, with graduate degrees in classical philology and secondary education.

He was hired as a teacher of Latin and Greek at the same seminary in Bastogne where he had previously been a pupil. He taught there for twenty-three years and held various management positions from 1993 to 2010. The father of three daughters, he lives in the Bastogne region. Throughout his career he published specialized articles in the Journals of Belgian Catholic Education and continued to work on translations of Latin and Greek. He left teaching in 2010 to devote himself to his literary work. In 2011, he created the Prix du 2e roman francophone, a popular prize that immediately met with great popularity (more than 1700 readers).{{Cite web|language=fr|title=Prix du deuxième roman|url=https://www.marche.be/2eroman/|access-date = 1 February 2017}}

Armel Job has published about twenty novels. His Fausses innocences was adapted to cinema[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1534090/?ref_=nm_ov_bio_lk2 Fausses innocences] under the same title by {{ill|André Chandelle|fr}} in 2009.

Armel Job is also a playwright. His play Le Conseil de Jerusalem was presented as a reading show in Liège, Brussels, Paris, within the framework of the Popular Universities of the Theater of {{ill|Jean-Claude Idée|fr}}.

• 2011: {{ill|Prix René Fallet|fr}} of first novel, for La Femme manquée
• 2002: {{ill|Prix Victor Rossel des jeunes|fr}} for Helena Vannek
• 2003 and 2011: {{ill|Prix des lycéens de littérature|fr}} for Helena Vannek
• 2005: Grand prix Jean-Giono for Les Fausses Innocences, a novel that unfolds in the German-speaking part of Belgium.
• 2007: Prix de la personnalité Richelieu; Ce prix, attribué par l'ensemble des clubs belges et luxembourgeois du Richelieu international, récompense une personnalité pour sa contribution à la promotion de la langue et de la culture françaises.
• 2010: {{ill|Prix Simenon|fr}} for Tu ne jugeras point
• 2011: Prix des lycéens de littérature, he received the two prizes at stake, the prix des délégués and the prix des lycéens for his novel published in 2009, Tu ne jugeras point. He is thus, with {{ill|Bernard Tirtiaux|fr}}, one of the few authors to have been awarded twice by young readers of the prix des lycéens.{{Cite web

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• Prix Marcel-Thiry de la Ville de Liège for Dans la gueule de la bête
• 2011: Officier de l'Ordre du {{ill|Mérite wallon|fr}}.{{Cite web

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• Chevalier de la Pléiade, ordre de la Francophonie et du dialogue des Cultures

• 1999: La Femme manquée, {{ISBN|978-2-221-09118-0}}
• 2001: Baigneuse nue sur un rocher, {{ISBN|978-2-221-09433-4}}
• 2002: Helena Vannek, {{ISBN|978-2-221-09704-5}}
• 2003: Le Conseiller du roi, {{ISBN|978-2-221-09898-1}}
• 2005: Les Fausses Innocences, {{ISBN|978-2-221-10410-1}}
• 2007: Les Mystères de Sainte Freya, {{ISBN|978-2-221-10955-7}}
• 2009: Tu ne jugeras point, {{ISBN|9782221112328}}
• Prix des lycéens 2011.{{Cite web

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• 2011: Les Eaux amères, {{ISBN|9782221123805}}
• 2012; Loin des mosquées, {{ISBN|978-2-221-12953-1}}
• 2013; Le Bon Coupable, {{ISBN|9782221134290}}
• 2014: Dans la gueule de la bête, {{ISBN|9782221140918}}
• 2015: De regrettables incidents, {{ISBN|978-2-221-15693-3}}
• 2016: Et je serai toujours avec toi, {{ISBN|9782221191408}}

• 1995: La reine des Spagnes, {{ISBN|978-2738431721}}
• 1998: [http://www.babelio.com/livres/Job-La-malediction-de-labbe-Choiron/397275 La malédiction de l'abbé Choiron], {{ISBN|978-2738465818}}

• 2011: La malédiction de l'abbé Choiron, reissue expanded of notes on the Walloon speech and a postface.
• 2016: [http://www.babelio.com/livres/Job-Sept-histoires-pas-tres-catholiques/875523 Sept histoires pas très catholiques], {{ISBN|2874893838}}, short stories

• 2002: Helena Vannek,
• 2008: [http://www.babelio.com/livres/Job-Le-commandant-Bill/188360 Le commandant Bill], {{ISBN|2874230294}}
• 2011: Les lunettes de John Lennon, {{ISBN|9782874230561}}

• 2002: De la salade !, {{ISBN|293013349X}}

• 2004: La femme de saint Pierre, {{ISBN|978-2804021351}}

• 2016: La mort pour marraine, theatre

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• [http://www.m-e-l.fr/armel-job,ec,732 Armel Job] on Maison des écrivains et de la littérature
• [http://culture.ulg.ac.be/jcms/prod_354356/fr/armel-job Armel Job] on Université de liège
• [http://www.journaldemontreal.com/2016/03/26/armel-job-toujours-aussi-bon Armel Job toujours aussi bon] on Le Journal de Montréal
• [http://www.espacenord.com/publications-de-Job-Armel--73.htm Armel Job] on Espace Nord

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