Claire Vernay

Claire Vernay , civic Elke Seel-Viandon , born Seel (* 5 February 1943 in Mülheim an der Ruhr ), is a German Roman writer and widow of French film director Robert Vernay (Robert Georges Viandon).

Live and act

Claire Vernay grew up as Elke Seel in the house of her great-grandfather in Helbra (Saxony-Anhalt), where she attended the polytechnic high school. She received her Abitur in 1961 at the Martin Luther High School in Eisleben. She then started studying Romance languages at the Karl Marx University in Leipzig and worked as a translator and assistant director at DEFA . In 1964 he married the French film director Robert Vernay and moved to Paris. In addition to working with her husband in film and television, she worked as an interpreter and translator until completing her law degree at the University of Paris II .

In 1973 she received a License en Droit, a Diploma in Comparative Law (Diplôme de Droit Comparé) and a license to do legal translations in German and Russian. In 1974 she was admitted to the bar at the Cour d'Appel de Paris (DES droit privé ). 1979 the doctorate to Dr. jur. (Doctorat d'Etat). The title of the dissertation was “La Fiducie en Droit Comparé et en Droit International Privé Français.” In 1988 she moved to Baden-Württemberg, where she lives in Eppingen-Mühlbach and works as a managing director of German and French companies and as a consultant.

She has been working as a writer since 1996. Her first work was published in 1998 with the title "Once Paris - and back" as was her follow-up work "Miracles take a little longer" in 2000 in edition q from Quintessenz Verlag in Berlin, which is now part of the Bebra Verlag . Three more novels appeared from 2010 with the Weimarer Schiller-Presse in Frankfurt am Main, in which Claire Vernay tells personal experiences through the main character "Telse Valmy". The first novel in this autobiographical series of novels “There was nothing in the script about murder” is a travel story. She presented the second novel in the series “Die Mit Grazie” at the Leipzig Book Fair 2013 at the booth of the Frankfurt publishing group . Anja Rosenthal reviewed the third novel in the series “Disappeared in the demo” on the internet platform literaturmarkt.info and came to the following conclusion: “The best entertainment is provided as soon as you pick up a novel by Claire Vernay. 'Disappeared in the demo' is much more than just a nice pastime full of emotions and tension. With this book you will learn about literature of the very special, namely particularly beautiful, variety. Just wonderful, this reading pleasure! "

Works

Once in Paris - and back. edition q, Berlin 1998, ISBN 978-3-86124-352-6
Miracles take a little longer. edition q, Berlin 2000, ISBN 978-3-86124-522-3
There was nothing in the script about murder. Weimar Schiller Press, Frankfurt a. M./London 2010, ISBN 978-3-8372-0712-5
Die with grace. Weimar Schiller Press, Frankfurt a. M./Weimar/London/New York 2013, ISBN 978-3-8372-1245-7
Disappeared in the demo. Weimar Schiller Press, Frankfurt a. M./London/New York 2016, ISBN 978-3-8372-1822-0

Filmography

The blue room (DEFA Stacheltier short film; German version and dialogue advice)

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Frankfurter Verlagsgruppe publishes internationally known author. Press release from Frankfurter Verlagsgruppe AG, July 30, 2013.
^ Helga Langelüttich: Mansfeld-Südharz via Monte Christo to Paris. Mitteldeutsche Zeitung , June 24, 2006.
↑ DES: Diplôme d'études supérieures
↑ Claire Vernay - There was nothing in the script about murder. Presentation by the Frankfurter Verlagsgruppe, published on YouTube on October 4, 2012.
↑ Leipzig Book Fair 2013 - Author reading: Claire Vernay, "Die Mit Grazie". German literary television, 2013.
↑ Something for the heart and a thriller at the same time. literaturmarkt.info - literary magazine for Germany, December 12, 2016.
↑ The blue room. In: DEFA 1953-1964. Stacheltier production group in the studio for newsreels and documentaries 1953/54 and studio for feature films 1955–1964. Filmography. Bundesarchiv-Filmarchiv DEFA-Stiftung, 2000, pp. 216–217.
↑ Elke Seel in the internet film database filmportal.de .

personal data
SURNAME	Vernay, Claire
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Seel-Viandon, Elke (real name); Seel, Elke (maiden name); Viandon, Elke
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German writer
DATE OF BIRTH	February 5, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH	Mülheim an der Ruhr

[1] Frankfurter Verlagsgruppe publishes internationally known author. Press release from Frankfurter Verlagsgruppe AG, July 30, 2013.

[2] Helga Langelüttich: Mansfeld-Südharz via Monte Christo to Paris. Mitteldeutsche Zeitung , June 24, 2006.

[3] DES: Diplôme d'études supérieures

[4] Claire Vernay - There was nothing in the script about murder. Presentation by the Frankfurter Verlagsgruppe, published on YouTube on October 4, 2012.

[5] Leipzig Book Fair 2013 - Author reading: Claire Vernay, "Die Mit Grazie". German literary television, 2013.

[6] Something for the heart and a thriller at the same time. literaturmarkt.info - literary magazine for Germany, December 12, 2016.

[7] The blue room. In: DEFA 1953-1964. Stacheltier production group in the studio for newsreels and documentaries 1953/54 and studio for feature films 1955–1964. Filmography. Bundesarchiv-Filmarchiv DEFA-Stiftung, 2000, pp. 216–217.

[8] Elke Seel in the internet film database filmportal.de .