Alexandre Jardin

2013

Alexandre Jardin (born April 14, 1965 in Neuilly-sur-Seine , Hauts-de-Seine department ) is a director and one of the most translated French writers . He is a political scientist and writer for the daily Le Figaro .

Life

Alexandre Jardin is the son of the writer and screenwriter Pascal Jardin (1934-1980), with whom he met in his book The Great Zubial. Declarations of love to a father busy. The politician Jean Jardin (1904–1976) is his grandfather.

He has received several awards for his books, which often contain autobiographical elements: In 1986, Bille en tête (German: head over heels ) won the Prix ​​du premier roman . He wrote the novel as a film script himself. Furthermore, Le Zèbre (German: Das Zebra ) was awarded the Prix ​​Femina in 1988 .

In autumn 2006, Jardin took a reading tour to Dresden, Hamburg, Leipzig and Munich.

Works (selection)

Novels

• The zebra. Roman ("Le Zèbre"). 6th edition Goldmann, Munich 1993, ISBN 3-442-41020-7 .
• Fanfan and Alexandre. Roman ("Fanfan & Alexandre"). Goldmann, Munich 1994, ISBN 3-442-41021-5 (formerly called Fanfan ).
• The little savage. Roman ("Le Petit sauvage"). Goldmann, Munich 1995, ISBN 3-442-43144-1 .
• Head over heels. Roman ("Bille en tête"). Goldmann, Munich 1993, ISBN 3-442-42513-1 .
• The island of the left-handers. Roman ("L'Ile de gauchers"). New edition List Verlag, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-548-60882-2 .
• The great Zubial. Declarations of love to a father ("Le Zubial"). New edition BLT-Verlag, Bergisch Gladbach 2001, ISBN 3-404-92081-3 .
• Love fool. Roman ("Autobiography d'un amour"). BLT-Verlag, Bergisch Gladbach 2002, ISBN 3-404-92116-X (former title autobiography of a love ).
• House guests ("Roman des jardins"). Goldmann, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-442-46682-5 .

Scripts

• 1989: A Wild Little Affair ( Bille en tête )
• 1991: Felix and the Extra-Terrestrial ( Gawin )
• 1991: Mixed doubles ( Les Clés du paradis )
• 1993: Fanfan & Alexandre ( Fanfan ) (also director)
• 1994: Le Jardin des plantes

Film adaptations

• 1989: A Wild Little Affair ( Bille en tête ) - Director: Carlo Cotti
• 1992: The Zebra ( Le Zèbre ) - Director: Jean Poiret
• 1993: Fanfan & Alexandre ( Fanfan ) - Director: Alexandre Jardin
• 2000: Le Prof (in German The Teacher ) - Director: Alexandre Jardin

Web links

Commons : Alexandre Jardin  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Alexandre Jardin in the catalog of the German National Library
• Alexandre Jardin in the Internet Movie Database (English)