Paul Claudel was a French poet, dramatist and diplomat, and the younger brother of the sculptor Camille Claudel. He was most famous for his verse dramas, which often convey his devout Catholicism.
The Prix Théophraste-Renaudot or Prix Renaudot is a French literary award.
Daniel Pennac is a French writer. He received the Prix Renaudot in 2007 for his essay Chagrin d'école.
Elsa Zylberstein is a French actress. After studying drama, she began her film career in 1989, and has appeared in more than 60 films. She won the César Award for Best Supporting Actress for I've Loved You So Long (2008).
Vassilis Alexakis was a Greek-French writer and self-translator of numerous novels in Greek, his mother tongue, and French.
The Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger is a French literary prize created in 1948. It is awarded yearly in two categories: Novel and Essay for books translated into French.
Things: A Story of the Sixties is a 1965 novel by Georges Perec, his first.
I've Loved You So Long is a 2008 drama film written and directed by Philippe Claudel in his directorial debut. It stars Kristin Scott Thomas as a woman who struggles to interact with her family and find her place in society after spending fifteen years in prison. Elsa Zylberstein, Serge Hazanavicius, Laurent Grévill, and Frédéric Pierrot appear in supporting roles.
Daniel Hahn is a British writer, editor and translator.
Les Âmes grises is a novel by the French author Philippe Claudel. It is a first person narrative which revolves around the murder of a young girl in a small provincial French town near the Western Front in 1917. The book was published in France in 2005 and won the Prix Renaudot. It was also shortlisted for the Prix Goncourt and the Prix Femina.
Léonora Miano is a Cameroonian author.
Patrick Rambaud is a French writer.
Jean-Louis Fournier is a French writer, and winner of the Prix Femina, 2008, for Où on va, papa?.
Célia Bertin was a French writer, journalist, biographer, French Resistance fighter and winner of the 1953 Prix Renaudot. She was awarded as an Officer of the Legion of Honour, and an Officer of Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
Brodeck's Report is a 2007 novel by the French writer Philippe Claudel. The narrative investigates the murder of a mysterious man in an indefinite country just after the war. The book won the Prix Goncourt des Lycéens and the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize. The location and the time are never explicit in the novel. However the parallel with World War II is obvious.
Cyrille Thouvenin is a French actor. Former pupil of Cours Florent and a graduate of the National Conservatory of Dramatic Art.
The Grand prix des lectrices de Elle is a French literary prize awarded by readers of Elle magazine.
Stéphane Denis is a French journalist and writer.
Brigitte Giraud is a French writer, author of novels and short stories. She was awarded the 2022 Prix Goncourt for her autobiographical novel Vivre vite.
Noëlle Revaz is a Swiss author, who writes in French. She is best known for her first novel, Rapport aux bêtes, which won several literary awards, including the Schiller Prize, the Prix Marguerite Audoux, the Prix Lettres Frontière, and the Henri Gaspoz Prize, and has been adapted for stage and film.
