About Pierre Lemaitre
Born 1951. Pierre Lemaitre is a French writer, screenwriter, novelist and crime fiction writer.
Pierre Lemaitre (; born 19 April 1951) is a French author and a screenwriter, internationally known for crime novels featuring the fictional character Commandant Camille Verhœven.
His first novel translated to English was Alex. It jointly won the CWA International Dagger for best translated crime novel of 2013.
In November 2013, Lemaitre was awarded the Prix Goncourt, France's top literary prize, for Au revoir là-haut (published in English as The Great Swindle), an epic about World War I. His novels Camille and The Great Swindle won the CWA International Dagger in 2015 and 2016 respectively.
Personal life Pierre Lemaitre worked as a teacher in literature and now devotes his time writing novels and screenplays.
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French writer
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Pierre Lemaitre was born on 19 April 1951 in Paris.
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Pierre Lemaitre is a writer, screenwriter, novelist and crime fiction writer.
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Pierre Lemaitre is French.
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