Grégoire Delacourt

Grégoire Delacourt (born 26 July 1960 in Valenciennes) is a French advertiser and writer.

Biography In his youth, Delacourt was an intern at the Jesuit College "La Providence" in Amiens (the same college that current French president Emmanuel Macron attended 17 years later). He obtained his baccalauréat in Lille and then began law studies in Grenoble, which he quickly put an end to. in the Seul en scène ("alone on stage") category. The cinematographic adaptation, produced by Clémentine Dabadie and Thomas Viguier, was entrusted to with Mathilde Seigner, Marc Lavoine and Patrick Chesnais in the leading roles. The film was released in May 2014 and totaled more than 440,000 entries. In October 2016, a new theatrical version was created in Montreal, adaptation by Maryse Warda, direction by Marie-Thérèse Fortin, with Marie-Chantal Perron in the role of Jocelyne. In January 2017, a third theatrical version was created in Brussels at the Théâtre de la Samaritaine , adapted and interpreted by Lorette Goosse and directed by Christian Dalimier.

His third novel, La Première chose qu'on regarde, was released in April 2013. Actress Scarlett Johansson sued, claiming the book was defamatory and exploited her name and image. The judge found the book to be defamatory and awarded Johansson 2500 euros, while rejecting the remaining claims. The book sold more than 150,000 copies.

On ne voyait que le bonheur, published on 20 August 2014, appeared on the first list of the Prix Goncourt and entered the second list of the 2015 Prix des Libraires. It came second to the Prix Goncourt des Lycéens behind Charlotte by David Foenkinos. It won the title of "Best novel of the year 2014" awarded by the journalists of Le Parisien

Les Quatre saisons de l'été were published on 29 April 2015 and stage, in the same summer at Touquet Paris-Plage, the summer loves of four couples, fifteen, thirty-five, fifty-five and sixty-fifteen. In Germany, the book ranked in the Top 10 list of Der Spiegel'''s bestsellers.

His sixth novel, Danser au bord de l'abîme was published on 2 January 2017.