Thierry Jonquet
Thierry Jonquet (lang; 19 January 1954 – 9 August 2009) was a French writer who specialised in crime novels with political themes. He was born in Paris; his most recent and best known novel outside France was Mygale (1984), then published in the US in 2003 by City Lights. Mygale was also published in the UK as Tarantula in 2005 (Serpent's Tail).
Thierry Jonquet
- Full name
- Thierry Paul Christian Jonquet.
- Born
- 1954. · 14th arrondissement of Paris.
- Died
- 2009. · 13th arrondissement of Paris.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- writer, screenwriter and occupational therapist.
- Education
- Lycée Charlemagne and Paris 12 University.
- Honours
- Michel-Lebrun prize.
- Languages
- French.
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Thierry Jonquet (lang; 19 January 1954 – 9 August 2009) was a French writer who specialised in crime novels with political themes. He was born in Paris; his most recent and best known novel outside France was Mygale (1984), then published in the US in 2003 by City Lights. Mygale was also published in the UK as Tarantula in 2005 (Serpent's Tail).
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He wrote over 20 novels in French, including Le bal des débris, Moloch and Rouge c'est la vie. Jonquet died aged 55 in hospital in Paris. Tarantula was filmed by Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar, under the title The Skin I Live In, which was entered in competition in May 2011 for the Cannes Film Festival.
Thierry Jonquet is recorded as writer, screenwriter and occupational therapist.
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1954
Thierry Jonquet born at 14th arrondissement of Paris.
2009
Thierry Jonquet died at 13th arrondissement of Paris.
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14th arrondissement of Paris.
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Les structures de la perversion (L’analyse de quelques romans de Thierry Jonquet), Perverse Identities
Polars d’« outre-mur »: Thierry Jonquet et les frères Vaïner, Manières de noir, 2010
La piel que habito (Pedro Almodóvar, 2011) y Tarántula (Thierry Jonquet, 1984), Trasvases Entre la Literatura y el Cine, 2020
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