Marc Dugain
Marc Dugain (* 1957 in Dakar ) is a French writer , screenwriter and film director .
Life
Marc Dugain devoted himself entirely to writing after studying politics and working as a manager for Proteus Airlines . His eight novels to date have all been bestsellers in France.
His book La Chambre des officiers (Eng. The Officers Chamber ) was made into a film in 2001. Dugain had already received the Prix des Deux Magots , the Prix des Libraires and the Prix Roger-Nimier for this book in 1999 .
In 2018, his film A Royal Exchange for the César was nominated for Best Foreign Film .
Works
- La Chambre des officiers (1999, German: Die Officierskammer . Zu Klampen, Lüneburg 2000, ISBN 3-933156-50-5 )
- Campagne Anglaise (2000)
- Heureux comme Dieu en France (2002)
- La Malédiction d'Edgar (2005, German: The Curse of Edgar Hoover. Frankfurter Verl.-Anst., Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 978-3-627-00147-6 )
- Une execution ordinaire (2007)
- En bas, les nuages (2008)
- L'Insomnie des étoiles, (2010)
- Avenue des géants (2012, German: In the skin of the devil. Bertelsmann, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-570-10183-4 )
- Ils vont tuer Robert Kennedy (2017)
Filmography (selection)
- 2017: A Royal Exchange (L'Échange des princesses)
Web links
Commons : Marc Dugain - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Literature by and about Marc Dugain in the catalog of the German National Library
- Marc Dugain in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Short biography and reviews of works by Marc Dugain at perlentaucher.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ randomhouse.de accessed on December 20, 2013
- ↑ cinema.de accessed on December 20, 2013
- ↑ Hoover's wife , article from October 31, 2007 by Tobias Gohlis on Zeit Online
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dugain, Marc |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French writer, screenwriter and film director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1957 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dakar |