Gilbert Sinoué

Gilbert Sinoué

Gilbert Sinoué (born February 18, 1947 in Cairo , Egypt ) is a French writer of Egyptian origin.

Life

Sinoué attended the Jesuit college in his hometown and, at the age of nineteen, went to France in 1966 to study music. He studied a. a. Classical guitar at the École normal de musique .

reception

His first literary attempts also originate from Sinoué's student days, which he soon gave up in favor of music. It wasn't until 1987 that he made his debut as a writer. After surpassing the success of his first novel, he left music and devoted himself mainly to writing. In addition to his novels, Sinoué was also successful as a scriptwriter.

Honors

• 1991 Prix Quartier Latin for his novel L'Égyptiènne
• 1996 Prix ​​des Libraires for the novel Le livre de saphir
• 2004 Grand prix de littérature policière for the novel Les silences de Dieu .

Works (selection)

As an author

Biographies

• Le dernier pharaon. Méhémet-Ali (1770-1849) . Pygmalion, Paris 1997, ISBN 2-85704-517-4 .
• L'ambassadrice . Calmann-Lévy, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-253-15485-7 .
  • Emma . The life of Lady Hamilton . Beck, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-406-50204-0 .
• Akhenaton . Le dieu maudit . Flammarion, Paris 2003, ISBN 2-08-068356-X .
• Le colonel et l'enfant-roi. Mémoires d'Égypte . Lattès, Paris 2006, ISBN 978-2-7096-2499-2 (biography of King Faruk and Prime Minister Gamal Abdel Nasser ).
• La dame à la lampe. Une vie de Florence Nightingale . Gallimard, Paris 2008, ISBN 978-2-07-038136-4 .
• 12 femmes d'orient, qui ont changé l'histoire . Pygmalion, Paris 2011, ISBN 978-2-7564-0421-9 .
• L'aigle Egypt. Wetter. Tallandier, Paris 2015, ISBN 979-10-210-0853-3 .

Essays

• A mon fils. A l'aube du troisième millénaire . Gallimard, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-07-075872-9 .
• Impressions d'Égypte . La Martinière, Paris 2011, ISBN 978-2-7324-4399-7 (illustrated by Denis Dailleux).

Novels

• La pourpre et l'olivier . Orban, Paris 1987, ISBN 2-85565-335-5 (thematizes the life of Calixt I ).
  • Purple and olive branch . Droemer Knaur, Munich 1994, ISBN 3-426-63013-3 .
• Avicenne ou la route d'Isphahan . Denoël, Paris 1989, ISBN 2-207-23557-2 .
  • The road to Isphahan . Droemer Knaur, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-426-62008-1 .
• L'Égyptiènne . Denoël, Paris 1991, ISBN 2-207-23847-4 .
  • The beautiful Scheherazade . Droemer Knaur, Munich 1995, ISBN 3-426-63015-X .
• La fille du Nile . Denoël, Paris 1993, ISBN 2-207-24050-9 .
  • Daughter of Egypt . Knaur, Munich 1995, ISBN 3-426-63026-5 .
• Le livre de sapphire . Denoël, Paris 1996, ISBN 2-207-24080-0 .
  • The blue stone . Droemer Knaur, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-426-61020-5 (thematizes the Inquisition in Spain ).
• L'enfant de Bruges . Gallimard, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-07-075448-0 (novel-biography about Jan van Eyck ).
  • The secret of Flanders . Droemer, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-426-19535-6 .
• Des jours et des nuits . Le Grand Livre du mois, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-7028-6506-2
  • Love for all time . Knaur, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-426-62668-3 (former title: Ricardos Ewige Liebe ).
• Les silences de Dieu . Le Grand Livre du mois, Paris 2004, ISBN 2-7028-8347-8 .
• Un bateau pour l'enfer . Calmann-Lévy, Paris 2005, ISBN 2-7021-3406-8 .
• La pure crucifée . Albin Michel, Paris 2005, ISBN 2-226-15678-X (novel-biography about Inês de Castro ).
• Moi Jésus . Michel, Paris 2007, ISBN 978-2-226-18090-2 .
• Erevan . Flammarion, Paris 2009, ISBN 978-2-08-121734-8 .
• Inch 'Allah . Flammarion, Paris 2010 (novel about the Middle East ).

1. Le souffle you jasmine . ISBN 978-2-08-121910-6 .
2. Le cri des pierres . ISBN 978-2-08-121911-3 .

• L'homme qui regardait la nuit . Flammarion, Paris 2012, ISBN 978-2-08-121913-7 .
• Les nuits du Caire . Arthaud, Paris 2013, ISBN 978-2-08-130255-6 .

As editor

• Le livre et des sagesses d'orient . Le Grand Livre du mois, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-7028-5293-9 .

literature

• Discover past worlds, historical novels . In: Börsenblatt für den Deutschen Buchhandel , Vol. 170 (2003), Issue 15, pp. 34–39, ISSN  1611-4280

Web links

• Homepage of Gilbert Sinoué
• Literature by and about Gilbert Sinoué in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)