Jean Rolin (writer)

Jean Rolin

Jean Philippe Rolin (born 14 June 1949 in Boulogne-Billancourt) is a French writer and journalist. ^[1] He received the Albert Londres Prize for journalism in 1988, and his novel L'organisation received the Medicis award in 1996.

His brother Olivier Rolin is a writer as well.

As students, Jean Rolin and his brother participated in the May 1968 uprising^{[ clarification needed ]} and its aftermath, as narrated in L'organisation.

Bibliography

• Journal de Gand aux Aléoutiennes (Roger Nimier Prize 1982)
• L'Or du scaphandrier, 1983
• Vu sur la mer, 1986
• La Ligne de Front (Prix Albert Londres 1988)
• La Frontière belge, 1989
• Chemins d'eau, 1992
• Cyrille et Méthode, 1994
• Joséphine, 1994
• Zones, 1995
• L'Organisation (Prix Médicis 1996)
• Traverses, 1999
• Campagnes, 2000
• La Clôture, 2002
• Chrétiens, 2003
• Terminal Frigo, 2005
• L'Homme qui a vu l'ours (Prix Ptolémée 2006)
• L'explosion de la durite, 2007 ^[2]
• Un chien mort après lui, 2009
• Le Ravissement de Britney Spears, 2011
• Ormuz, 2013
• Les Événements, 2015
• Savannah, 2015
• Peleliu, 2016
• Le Traquet kurde, 2018
• Crac, 2019

References

1. Jean Rolin biography, La femelle du requin magazine (French).
2. Warren Motte, "Jean Rolin's Explosion". The Review of Contemporary Fiction, Sept. 22, 2008)(fee required for online access).