Yann Queffélec
Yann Queffélec (born September 4, 1949 in Paris , France ) is a French author.
Queffélec was born the son of the writer Henri Queffélec and brother of the pianist Anne Queffélec . In his early days he worked as a literary critic for a local weekly newspaper. There he also worked on a biography of Béla Bartók , which was published in 1981.
In 1983 Queffélec published his first novel, Le Charme noir . Two years later followed the second novel, Les Noces barbaren , which was filmed in 1987 under the name " Barbarische Hochzeit " by the Belgian director Marion Hänsel . Queffélec was awarded the French literary prize Prix Goncourt for the novel .
Queffélec was married to the pianist Brigitte Engerer and has a daughter with her.
Works
- 1981: Béla Bartók
- 1983: Le Charme noir
- 1985: Les Noces barbaren, German: barbaric wedding . Suhrkamp Taschenbuch, Frankfurt am Main 1989. ISBN 3-518-38182-2 .
- 1988: La Femme sous l'horizon, German: Tita . Suhrkamp Taschenbuch, Frankfurt am Main 1991. ISBN 3-518-38424-4 .
- 1990: Le Maître des Chimères
- 1992: Prends garde au loup
- 1993: La Menace
- 1994: Disparue dans la nuit
- 1996: Et la Force d'aimer
- 1997: Noir Animal ou la Menace
- 1998: Happy birthday Sarah
- 2000: osmosis
- 2002: Boris après l'amour
- 2003: Vert cruel
- 2003: La Dégustation
- 2004: Moi et toi
- 2004: Affamés
- 2005: Ma première femme
- 2006: L'Amante
- 2006: miners
- 2007: Le plus heureux des hommes
- 2007: L'amour est fou
- 2008: Passions criminelles
- 2008: Tabarly
Web links
- Yann Queffélec in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Literature by and about Yann Queffélec in the catalog of the German National Library
- Yann Queffélec in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely available)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Queffélec, Yann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 4, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |