Didier Van Cauwelaert
Illustration — 2013 Didier Van Cauwelaert (didje vɑ̃ kovlaʁt; born 29 July 1960) is a French author and director of Belgian descent who was born in Nice. In 1994 his novel Un Aller simple won the Prix Goncourt. In 1997 he was awarded the Grand prix du théâtre de l’Académie française.
Didier Van Cauwelaert

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- Born
- 1960. · Nice.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- writer, playwright, dramaturge, screenwriter and director.
- Fields
- belletristic literature, drama and comic.
- Education
- Lycée Masséna.
- Known for
- One-Way.
- Honours
- Prix du jeune théâtre Béatrix Dussane-André Roussin, Roger Nimier Prix, Prix Goncourt, Grand prix du théâtre, Women Novelists’ Award and Environment Book Prize.
- Languages
- French.
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Illustration — 2013 Didier Van Cauwelaert (didje vɑ̃ kovlaʁt; born 29 July 1960) is a French author and director of Belgian descent who was born in Nice. In 1994 his novel Un Aller simple won the Prix Goncourt. In 1997 he was awarded the Grand prix du théâtre de l’Académie française.
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Didier Van Cauwelaert studied at Lycée Masséna. The recorded working language is French. The field of work recorded is belletristic literature, drama and comic. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are theatre. Works named in the authority record are One-Way. Distinctions recorded are Prix du jeune théâtre Béatrix Dussane-André Roussin, Roger Nimier Prix, Prix Goncourt and Grand prix du théâtre.
• Vingt ans et des poussières (1982) • Poisson d'amour (1984) • Les vacances du fantôme (1986) • L'orange amère (1988) • Un objet en souffrance (1991) • Cheyenne (1993) • Un aller simple (1994) / One-Way (2003) • La vie interdite (1997) • Corps étranger (1998) • La demi-pensionnaire (1999) • L'éducation d'une fée (2000) • L'Apparition (2001) • Rencontre sous X (2002) • Amour (2002) • Hors de moi / Out of My Head (2003), used as the basis for the 2011 motion picture Unknown. • L'évangile de Jimmy (2004) • Attirances (2005) • Cloner le Christ? (2005) • Le père adopté (2007) • La nuit dernière au XVe siècle (2008) • Les témoins de la mariée (2010) • Le journal intime d'un arbre (2011) • La femme de nos vies (2013) • Le Principe de Pauline (2014) • Jules (2015) • On dirait nous (2016) • Le Retour de Jules (2017) • J'ai perdu Albert (2018) • La personne de confiance (2019) • L'inconnue du 17 mars (2020) • Le pouvoir des animaux (2021) • L'insolence des miracles (2023)
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Filmography
• 1992: My Wife's Girlfriends • 2018: J'ai perdu Albert
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Didier Van Cauwelaert is recorded as writer, playwright, dramaturge, screenwriter and director.

French author Eliette Abécassis at Salon du livre de Paris 2009.
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1960
Didier Van Cauwelaert born.
2018
Les Émotions Cachées Des Plantes ( Didier Van Cauwelaert 2018) (2018) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
2018
Les Émotions Cachées Des Plantes ( Didier Van Cauwelaert 2018) digitised by Internet Archive.
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- Jules by Didier Van Cauwelaert, The French Review, 2016
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- La Personne De Confiance by Didier Van Cauwelaert, The French Review, 2020
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2020
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L'univers romanesque de Didier Van Cauwelaert: la naissance dans l'écriture
Une « enquête scientifique »… dictée par l’au-delà?, 2016
Jules by Didier Van Cauwelaert, The French Review, 2016
La Personne De Confiance by Didier Van Cauwelaert, The French Review, 2020
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