Érik Orsenna
Érik Orsenna ( pseudonym of Erik Arnoult ; born March 22, 1947 in Paris ) is a French writer and scientist.
Érik Orsenna is a member of the Académie française . For the novel Gabriel II. Or What does the world cost? in the French version he received the Prix Goncourt and the Prix Goncourt des lycéens in 1988 . For the book White Plantations (Orig .: Voyage aux pays du coton: petit précis de mondialisation ) he received the 2nd prize of the Lettre Ulysses Award in 2006 .
He is co-author of several scripts, including for the film Indochine .
He publishes academic work as an economist "Erik Arnoult" using his real name.
Scientific work
- Published under his real name Érik Arnoult.
- 1972: Euro-émissions: nouvelles perspectives bancaires internationales , Mame-Éditions, together with Jean-Paul Lemaire
- 1977: Espace national et déséquilibre monétaire. Presses universitaires de France, Paris. Revised version of his dissertation in economics, which he submitted to the University of Paris I in 1975 under the title Les Mécanismes de la création en économie ouverte and successfully defended.
- 1999: Le Conseil d'État: juger, conseiller, servir , with François Monnier, Paris: Gallimard , Découvertes Gallimard series (nº 388). ISBN 2-07-053491-X
Works (selection)
- 1974: Loyola's blues . Seuil
- 1977: La Vie comme à Lausanne . Seuil ISBN 2-02-004698-9 (awarded the Prix Roger-Nimier in 1978)
- 1980: Une comédie française. Seuil ISBN 2-02-005601-1
- 1981 Villes d'eaux , together with Jean-Marc Terrasse. Ramsay ISBN 2-85956-197-8
- 1988: L 'Exposition coloniale . Seuil ISBN 2-02-010017-7
- Translated from Claus Josten, Stefan Linster: Gabriel II. Or What costs the world . Kiepenheuer & Witsch , Cologne 1989 ISBN 3-462-01998-8
- 1990: Rêves de sucre. Hachette , Paris ISBN 2-01-016519-5
- 1992: Besoin d'Afrique together with Éric Fottorino, Christophe Guillemin. Fayard ISBN 2-213-02761-7
- 1993: Grand amour . Seuil ISBN 2-02-012127-1
- 1997: Deux étés . Arthéme Fayard
- Übers. Uli Aumüller : Island summer . Hanser, Munich 2000 ISBN 3446198652
- 2003: Madame Bâ , Stock ISBN 2-213-61545-4
- 2005: Portrait du Gulf Stream. Éloge des Courants . Seuil
- Übers. Annette Lallemand: Praise of the Gulf Stream . Beck, Munich 2006
- 2006: Voyage aux pays du coton . Petit précis de mondialisation . Fayard ISBN 2-213-62527-1
- Transl. Antoinette Gittinger, Uta Goridis: White Plantations. A journey through our globalized world. CH Beck, Munich 2007 ISBN 3-406-55917-4
- 2006: with Isabelle Autissier : Salut au Grand Sud , Stock
- Übers. Holger Fock, Sabine Müller: Great South. A trip to the world of Antarctica . Beck, Munich 2008 ISBN 978-3-406-56958-6
- Review: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , FAZ, January 28, 2008, p. 38
- 2009: L'avenir de l'eau . Fayard, Paris ISBN 978-2-213-63465-4
- Übers. Caroline Vollmann: The future of water. A trip around our world . Beck, Munich 2010 ISBN 978-3-406-59898-2
- Review by Andreas Platthaus , FAZ, March 17, 2010, p. L10
- 2012: Sur la route du paper . Stock ISBN 978-2-234-06335-8
- Übers. Caroline Vollmann: On the trail of paper. A declaration of love . Beck, Munich 2014 ISBN 978-3-406-66093-1
- 2016: L'origine de nos amours . Stock ISBN 978-2-234-07892-5
Audio book
- The grammar is a gentle song : scenic reading. Speaker Pirkko Cremer, Friedhelm Ptok, Marianne Rogée u. v. a. Sound and direction Theresia Singer (original title: La grammaire est une chanson douce ). Translated by Caroline Vollmann. 2 CDs, Igel-Genius, Dortmund 2007. ISBN 978-3-89353-991-8
Filmography
- 1991: Indochine
- 1994: Radetzky March - La Marche de Radetzky
- 2000: The Uninvited Guest ( La dette )
- 2002: Miss Else .
Web links
- Literature by and about Érik Orsenna in the catalog of the German National Library
- Érik Orsenna in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Short biography and list of works of the Académie française (French)
notes
- ↑ In the autobiographical novel, the author tells his experience as a ghostwriter of François Mitterrand and about everyday life in the Elysée Palace at the time of his first government.
- ↑ On the work of a translator, using the example of the French version of Vladimir Nabokov's novel Ada or The Desire , published in 1969
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Orsenna, Érik |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 22, 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |