Pierre Lemaitre
Pierre Lemaitre is a Prix Goncourt-winning French author and a screenwriter, internationally renowned for the crime novels featuring the fictional character Commandant Camille Verhœven.
His first novel to be translated into English, Alex, is a translation of the French book of the same title, it jointly won the CWA International Dagger for best translated crime novel of 2013.
In November 2013, he was awarded the Prix Goncourt, France's top literary prize, for Au revoir là-haut, 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.- Travail soigné
- *2006 Prix du premier roman du festival de Cognac, Travail soigné
- *2009 Prix des lectrices Confidentielles, Travail soigné
- *2009 Prix Sang d'encre et Prix des lecteurs Goutte de Sang d'encre, Vienne, Travail soigné
- *2009 Prix du polar francophone de Montigny les Cormeilles, Travail soigné
- Cadres noirs
- *2010 Prix Le Point du polar européen, Cadres noirs
- Alex
- *2012 Prix des lecteurs policier du Livre de poche, Alex
- *2013 CWA International Dagger, Alex
- Au revoir là-haut
- *2013 Prix des libraires de Nancy Le Point, Au revoir là-haut
- *2013 Roman français préféré des libraires à la Rentrée, Au revoir là-haut
- *2013 Prix Goncourt, Au revoir là-haut
- *2016 CWA International Dagger, The Great Swindle
- Camille
- *2015 CWA International Dagger, Camille
Filmography
- 2017 : Au Revoir Là Haut directed by Albert Dupontel
