Jean-Paul Didierlaurent

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Jean-Paul Didierlaurent (2 March 1962 – 5 December 2021) was a French writer.{{cite web| title=Jean-Paul Didierlaurent: Biographie par l'auteur | url=http://comediedulivre.fr/auteurs/jean-paul-didierlaurent| website=comediedulivre.fr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140914023641/http://comediedulivre.fr/auteurs/jean-paul-didierlaurent |archive-date=14 September 2014|accessdate=24 December 2017}}

Career

He is best known for the novel The Reader on the 6.27 ({{lang|fr|Le liseur du 6h27}}, 2014), translated into English by Ros Schwartz and published by Pan Books in 2015 ({{ISBN|978-1-4472-7649-4}}).{{cite news|last1=Cox|first1=Roger|title=Book review: The reader on the 6.27|url=https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/culture/books/book-review-the-reader-on-the-6-27-1-3807979|accessdate=24 December 2017|work=The Scotsman|date=20 June 2015}}{{cite news|last1=Popescu|first1=Lucy|title=The Reader on the 6.27, by Jean-Paul Didierlaurent - book review: set to woo British readers and become a book club favourite|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/the-reader-on-the-627-by-jean-paul-didierlaurent-book-review-set-to-woo-british-readers-and-become-a-10300236.html|accessdate=24 December 2017|work=The Independent|date=6 June 2015}}

Didierlaurent was awarded the 2015 Cezam Prix Littéraire Inter CE for Le liseur du 6h27.{{cite web|title=Remise du Prix littéraire 2015|url=https://www.reseau-cezam.fr/?titre=remise-du-prix-litteraire-2015&mode=salarie-prix-litteraire-infos&id=2399|publisher=Cezam|accessdate=24 December 2017}}

Didierlaurent's second novel {{lang|fr|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

Category:1962 births

Category:2021 deaths

Category:French male writers

Category:French male novelists

Category:People from Vosges (department)