Pascal Garnier
Pascal Garnier (born July 4, 1949 in Paris ; died March 5, 2010 in Cornas , Ardèche ) was a French writer .
Life
Garnier started writing in Lyon at the age of 35 . Before that he had stayed in North Africa and also tried his hand at rock music . His first books, l'Année sabbatique and Un chat comme moi , appeared in 1986.
His literary work ranges from detective novels to books for young people . He has made a name for himself with melancholy noir novels and has been compared to Georges Simenon in the critics . Since 1995 he has written one novel every year.
His main works are Personne n'est à l'abri du succès , Comment va la ouleur? and La Théorie du panda .
Awards
In 2006 he received the Prix de l'Humour noir Xavier Forneret for the novel Flux .
Works (selection)
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La théorie du panda . Zulma, Paris 2008
- Destiny is a panda bear . Novel. From the Franz. By Michael von Killisch-Horn, Munich: btb, 2012
Web links
- Literature by and about Pascal Garnier in the bibliographic database WorldCat
- Literature by and about Pascal Garnier in the catalog of the German National Library
- Pascal Garnier in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Pascal Garnier , at Zulma (fr)
Individual evidence
- ↑ La mort de Pascal Garnier , at Le Nouvel Observateur , March 8, 2010
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Garnier, Pascal |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th July 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 5, 2010 |
| Place of death | Cornas ( Ardeche department ) |