Patrick Lapeyre

Patrick Lapeyre
Born 1949
Pantin
Language French
Notable works La vie est brève et le désir sans fin
Notable awards Prix Femina

Patrick Lapeyre is a French writer, and winner of the Prix Femina, 2010, for his seventh novel, La vie est brève et le désir sans fin.[1][2][3]

Lapeyre was born in 1949 in Pantin. He attended the École Normale Supérieure with Alain Finkielkraut and Pascal Bruckner before studying literature at the Sorbonne. After becoming a teacher, he published his first novel, Le corps inflammable, in 1984. He received the Prix du Livre Inter in 2004 for L'Homme-soeur[2] and the Prix Femina in 2010 for La vie est brève et le désir sans fin.

Bibliography

  • Le corps inflammable (novel, 1984); J'ai lu, 1988, ISBN 2-277-22313-1
  • La lenteur de l'avenir (novel, 1987); Editions Gallimard, 2008, ISBN 2-07-033852-5
  • Ludo et compagnie (novel), P.O.L, 1991, ISBN 2-86744-209-5
  • Welcome to Paris (novel), P.O.L., 1994, ISBN 2-86744-402-0
  • Sissy, c'est moi (novel), P.O.L, 1998, ISBN 2-86744-592-2
  • L'Homme-soeur (novel, 2004), P.O.L., 2005, ISBN 2-86744-986-3
  • La vie est brève et le désir sans fin (novel), P.O.L., Paris 2010, ISBN 978-2-8180-0603-0
    • Life Is Short and Desire Endless, (translated by Adriana Hunter). Other Press, 2012, ISBN 9781590514856

References

  1. ↑ "Tous les lauréats du Prix Femina". Retrieved 2 February 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Le prix Femina à Patrick Lapeyre pour un trio amoureux inoubliable". Le Point. 2 November 2010. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
  3. ↑ "Patrick Lapeyre remporte le prix Femina". Le Monde. 02.11.10. Check date values in: |date= (help)


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