Laurent Gounelle
Laurent Gounelle (born August 10, 1966 ) is a French writer .
Life
Gounelle studied at the University of Paris-Dauphine Economics . After graduating from the Sorbonne in 1988 , he worked for a short time as an auditor.
Due to his primary career desire to become a psychiatrist , he quit his job and studied sociology and philosophy at the University of California, Santa Cruz , California . He then made several trips through the United States of America , Europe and Asia in order to devote himself to further studies in neuroscience , shamanism , psychology , the humanities and eastern wisdom.
After returning to France, he worked as a lecturer in personal development at the University of Clermont-Ferrand and as a freelance advisor on human relationships. His first book, The Man Who Wanted to Be Happy, was published in 2008 and sold over 225,000 copies in France by 2010.
Laurent Gounelle now lives in Paris with his wife and two daughters .
Works
- The man who wanted to be happy: On the way to himself. (L´homme qui voulait être heureux) Translated by Jochen Winter . Goldmann Verlag , Munich 2010 ISBN 3442218934
- God always travels incognito. (Dieu voyage toujours incognito) Translated by Jochen Winter. Goldmann, Munich 2011 ISBN 3442219442
- The philosopher who no longer wanted to think. (Le philosophe qui n'était pas sage) Translated by Jochen Winter. Goldmann, Munich 2014 ISBN 978-3-442-22050-2
- The day on which I learned to live . (Le jour où j'ai ap pris à vi vre) Translated by Jochen Winter. Goldmann, Munich 2016 ISBN 978-3-442-31419-5
- And you will find the hidden treasure in you! Transl. Alexandra Baisch, Felix Mayer. OW Barth , Munich 2017
Honors
In 2011 Gounelle received the Prix Littéraire du Roman d'Entreprise for his book God always travels incognito .
Web links
- Biography on his own page (French)
- Posts on the page healyourlife.com (Engl.)
- http://www.babelio.com/auteur/Laurent-Gounelle/53898 , accessed February 10, 2013
- http://www.decitre.fr/livres/les-dieux-voyant-toujours-incognito-9782266219150.html , accessed February 11, 2013
- http://www.psychologies.com/Therapies/Developpement-personnel/Epanouissement/Articles-et-Dossiers/L-homme-qui-voulait-etre-heureux , accessed on February 17, 2013
- http://www.escapages.cfwb.be/index.php?id=bini_detail&no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Bpointer%5D=67&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=1998&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=752&a9b=0e , accessed on February 16, 2013
Individual evidence
- ↑ Marie Adam-Affortit: Le marchand de bonheur. Interview with Gounelle , parismatch.com from April 10, 2010, accessed on February 25, 2013
- ↑ Baisch in the translator database of the VdÜ , 2019
- ^ Mayer in the translator database of the VdÜ, 2019
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gounelle, Laurent |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 10, 1966 |