About

Known credits:
8
Birthday:
1951-04-19
Place of birth:
Paris, France
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Pierre Lemaitre

Overview

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 jointly won the CWA International Dagger for best translated crime novel of 2013. In November 2013, he was awarded the Prix Goncourt, France's top literary prize, for Au revoir là-haut (published in English as The Great Swindle), an epic about World War I. His novels Camille and The Great Swindle won the CWA International Dagger in 2015 and 2016 respectively.

Source: Article "Pierre Lemaitre" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known for

Acting

2019 Three Days and a Life Actor King's Prosecutor 60
Fair

Writing

2022 The Colors of Fire Writing Writer 61
Fair
2020 Inhuman Resources Writing Writer 67
Fair
2019 Three Days and a Life Writing Writer 60
Fair
2019 Three Days and a Life Writing Novel 60
Fair
2017 See You Up There Writing Screenplay 73
Good
2017 See You Up There Writing Novel 73
Good
2009 Otages Writing Writer 59
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