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Daniel Picouly

Daniel Picouly is a French writer.

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Daniel Picouly in March 2010
Born (1948-10-21) 21 October 1948
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Daniel Picouly (born 21 October 1948 in Villemomble) is a French writer.1

Picouly was reared in a family of 13 children. His parents were born in the French overseas territory of Martinique. He became a professor of economics in Paris.2

In 1992 he published his first novel, The Light of fools, with the help of Daniel Pennac. He had great success in 1995, with The Field of people. In this book, as in many others, he recounts his childhood in a novel. He played himself in the film Imposture (2005).

He was the host of a cultural program on France 5, Café Picouly. From September 2008 to June 2009, he presented Café littéraire on France 2, before returning to France 5 in September 2009 with its Café Picouly.

He is a jury member on Le Prince Maurice and RFO prizes.3

Bibliography

Bibliography

Children's books

Awards received

  • 1996 Elle Reader's Prize for Le champ de personne
  • 1999 Prix Renaudot for L'enfant léopard1
  • 2005 Prix des Romancières for Le cœur à la craie
References

References

  1. "Daniel Picouly a gardé la tchatche de la banlieue". Le Parisien (in French). 29 July 2007. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
  2. "Daniel Picouly". Evene.fr.
  3. "In Pictures: Daniel Picouly in Dakar - All West Africa News". Archived from the original on 14 June 2010. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
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