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Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt
Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt is a Franco-Belgian playwright, short story writer and novelist, as well as a film director. His plays have been staged in over fifty countries all over the world.
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Born 28 March 1960 · Q287828
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2016· 2 entries
Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt was unanimously elected by his peers member of the jury of the Prix Goncourt, he occupies Edmonde Charles-Roux's cover and published a detective novel about violence and the sacred, The Man Who Coul
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Schmitt was a commentator at the Rio Olympic Games alongside Patrick Montel, Alexandre Boyon, Stéphane Diagana and Nelson Monfort on France Télévisions
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2015· 1 entry
Published Night of Fire, an account of the revelation he experienced in the Ahaggar Desert in 1989 and which turned the former atheist into a believer
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2010· 1 entry
Awarded Prix Goncourt de la nouvelle (2010).
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2008· 1 entry
With the publication of Ulysses from Baghdad, Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt again revealed his talent for being a "chameleon story-teller" (as described by Fabienne Pascaud in the magazine Télérama) in a tale about a man who und
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2007· 1 entry
While a third collection appeared in 2010: Concerto to the Memory of an Angel (Concerto à la mémoire d'un ange), four stories that deal with the theme of redemption and which won the "Prix Goncourt de la Nouvelle"
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2004· 1 entry
The book sold over 250,000 copies in France and 300,000 in Germany
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2001· 2 entries
Awarded Grand prix du théâtre (2001).
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Mr Ibrahim and the Flowers of the Koran (M
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2000· 1 entry
The Gospel According to Pilate, a novel about Jesus Christ told from the point of view of Pilate, won critical acclaim and massive sales
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1998· 1 entry
His play, Frédérick or Crime Boulevard (Frédérick ou le boulevard du crime), opened simultaneously in France and Germany, with Jean-Paul Belmondo acting in the original production at the Théâtre Marigny
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1996· 1 entry
Enigma Variations received its first performance, starring Alain Delon and Francis Huster in the lead roles
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1987· 1 entry
Was awarded the degree of PhD for his thesis "Diderot and Metaphysics" at the Paris-Sorbonne University, which was published in 1997 with the title "Diderot or the Philosophy of Seduction"
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1960· 1 entry
Born 1960-03-28.
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1908· 1 entry
Accepted into the Academy of Fine Art in Vienna, setting him on the path to become a recognized painter; what follows changes the course of history for the entire world
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