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Joël Egloff

b. 1970

French writer and screenwriter

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Born 1970. Joël Egloff is a French writer and screenwriter.

Joël Egloff (born 1970, Créhange in Moselle) is a contemporary French writer and screenwriter.

Biography After his baccalaureate, Joel Egloff studied history in Strasbourg and then enrolled in a school of cinema, the ESEC (École supérieure libre d’études cinématographiques) in Paris. He wrote scenarios and worked as assistant director. He is now devoted to writing. He is the author of five novels, including L'Étourdissement which got the Prix du Livre Inter 2005.

L’Homme que l’on prenait pour un autre (, 2008) combines strange poetry and black humor. It is the story of an individual with such an ordinary face and a face so common that he is "daily taken for someone else".

Work Novels Edmond Ganglion & fils Monaco, Paris: Éditions du Rocher, 1999, 162 p. (Littérature). Extrait in 12 extraits de romans de la rentrée, supplément de Lire n° 277 "spécial livres de poche", 07/1999, p. 37-43. Paris: Éd. France loisirs, 2000, 162 p. Paris: Éditions Gallimard, 2001, 162 p. (Folio n° 3485). Monaco; Paris : Éd. du Rocher, 2009, 162 p. (Littérature).

Ce que je fais là assis par terre Monaco; Paris : Éd. du Rocher, 2003, 154 p. (Littérature).

L'Étourdissement Paris : Buchet/Chastel, 2004, 142 p. Paris : le Grand livre du mois, 2005, 142 p. Paris : Éd. France loisirs, 2006, 187 p. (Courts romans & autres nouvelles). Paris : Gallimard, 2006, 140 p. (Folio n° 4418).

L’Homme que l’on prenait pour un autre Paris: Buchet/Chastel, 2008, 202 p. Paris: Pocket, 2009, 153 p. (Pocket Best n° 13722).

J’enquête Buchet-Chastel, 2016, 288 p.

Short stories Collection of short stories

Les Ensoleillés Monaco, Paris : Éd. du Rocher, 2000, 157 p. (Littérature). Paris, Gallimard, 2002, 157 p. (Folio n° 3651).

Libellules - de la Nouvelle 2012 Paris : Buchet/Chastel, 2012, 192 p. Paris : Gallimard, 2014, 147 p. (Folio n° 5706).

Short stories "Ta maison, l’assurance te la remboursera". Le Figaro littéraire, 20 July 2007. "La Grande Réparation". In Bienvenue en Transylvanie : neuf histoires de vampires, anthologie. Points n° 2971, 2013.

Preface La Source by Hubert Mingarelli. Sainte-Anastasie : Cadex, 2012, 52 p. (Texte au carré).

Prizes and awards 1999: Prix Alain-Fournier for Edmond Ganglion & fils (Éd. du Rocher) 2000: Prix Erckmann-Chatrian for Les Ensoleillés (Éd. du Rocher) 2004: Prix de l'Humour noir for Ce que je fais là assis par terre (Éd. du Rocher) 2005: Prix du Livre Inter and Prix du Roman des Libraires Édouard-Leclerc for L'Étourdissement (Buchet/Chastel) 2012: Grand prix Société des gens de lettres de la Nouvelle for Libellules (Buchet/Chastel)

Adaptations of his works Theatre 2007: L'Étourdissement. Theatrical adaptation and staging by with Denis Barré, Christine Zavan, Benjamin Zeitoun. Creation at Théâtre Confluences (20th arrondissement of Paris, 24 October to 25 November 2007).

Short films 2007: Les Ensoleillés. Direction Didier Massot. Jeu: sophie Bezard. Cadre: Loetitia Candellier. Duration: 8 min 42 s. Short film shot during a stage of leadership of actors. It is the result of a work done by the director with the actress Sophie Bezard on a monologue of the collection Les Ensoleillés. 2014 : L’Étourdissement. Direction: Gérard Pautonnier. Production: Elzevir Films & Bactery Films. Duration: 23 min. With Arthur Dupont, Philippe Duquesne, Pascale Arbillot, Nicolas Vaude, Féodor Atkine, Miglen Mirtchev, Éric Bougnon, Marie Berto.

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1970, Moselle
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Prix du Livre Inter; Prix Alain-Fournier

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French writer and screenwriter

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Joël Egloff was born in 1970 in Moselle.

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