Hugo Boris
Hugo Boris (born November 18, 1979 in Paris ) is a French writer .
life and work
Boris graduated from the French Political Science University (Sciences Po) and from the École Louis-Lumière (École de cinéma Louis-Lumière) in Paris.
In 2003, his novella N'oublie pas de montrer ma tête au peuple ( Don't forget to show the people my head) , published by the Mercure de France, was awarded the Prix du jeune écrivain ( prize for young writers ).
His first novel Le Baiser dans la nuque (A kiss on the neck) was published in 2005 by Belfond. The book tells of the hours spent together by a deaf midwife and a piano teacher. The book, which has won several awards, was very well received by both literary critics and reading audiences and made the author known on the literary scene.
In 2007, La Délégation norvégienne (Norwegian Delegation) was released, a crime thriller set behind closed doors in the Norwegian forests. This novel also received several nominations and awards.
His novel Je n'ai pas dansé depuis longtemps ( I haven't danced for a long time ) followed in 2010, which was awarded the Prix Amerigo-Vespucci . The plot revolves around how a Soviet spaceman spends 400 days in weightlessness - for him a path of initiation.
The novel Trois grands fauves (Three Big Predators) , published in August 2013, brings Georges Danton , Victor Hugo and Winston Churchill into an imaginary close connection. He was nominated for the Prix du Style (price for style) and won the Thyde Monnier Prize. The French magazine Le Point named the book among the 25 best of the year.
In 2016 his novel POLICE was published by the French publisher Grasset . It has been translated into several languages, the German version was published by Ullstein Verlag under the title Die Polizisten . The book is currently being filmed by the director Anne Fontaine .
Hugo Boris names the writers Guy de Maupassant and Michel Tournier as his main influences .
He has also directed 10 short films and worked as an assistant director on several documentaries.
Works
- Le meringue dans la nuque. éd. Belfond, Paris 2005, ISBN 2-7144-4193-9 . éd. Pocket, Paris 2007, ISBN 978-2-266-22153-5 .
- La Délégation norvégienne. éd. Belfond, Paris 2007, ISBN 978-2-7144-4249-9 . éd. Pocket, Paris 2009 ISBN 978-2-266-18144-0 .
- Je n'ai pas dansé depuis longtemps. éd. Belfond, Paris 2010, ISBN 978-2-7144-4513-1 . éd. Pocket, Paris 2011, ISBN 978-2-266-20865-9 .
- Trois Grands Fauves. éd. Belfond, Paris 2013, ISBN 978-2-7144-5444-7 .
- The policemen. Ullstein, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-550-05046-6 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hugo Boris babelio.com. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
- ↑ Heike Angermaier: Fontaine is shooting with Efira as "Police". In: Blickpunkt: Film . March 1, 2019. Retrieved March 5, 2019.
Web links
- Literature by and about Hugo Boris in the bibliographic database WorldCat
- Interview with Hugo Boris about his novel "The Police" in Jetzt
- Review of "Die Polizisten" in Spiegel Online
- Presentation of the novel "The Police" on the NDR website
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Boris, Hugo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 18, 1979 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |