Daniel Picouly

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Daniel Picouly
Daniel Picouly in March 2010
Born (1948-10-21) 21 October 1948 (age 75)
OccupationWriter

Daniel Picouly (born 21 October 1948 in Villemomble) is a French writer.[1]

He was raised in a family of 13 children. His parents were born in the French overseas territory of Martinique. He became a professor of economics in Paris.[2]

In 1992 he published his first novel, The Light of fools, with the help of Daniel Pennac. He had a great success in 1995, with The Field of people. In this book, as in many others, he recounts his childhood in a novel. He played himself in the film Imposture (2005).

He was the host of a cultural program on France 5, Café Picouly. From September 2008 to June 2009, he presented Café littéraire [fr] on France 2, before returning to France 5 in September 2009 with its Café Picouly.

He is a jury member on Le Prince Maurice and RFO prizes.[3]

Bibliography

  • La lumière des fous (The Light of fools), 1992; Iuniverse.Com, 1999, ISBN 978-1-58348-160-8
  • NEC, le Grand livre du mois, 1996
  • Les larmes des chefs, 1994; Gallimard, 2004, ISBN 978-2-07-030025-9
  • Le champ de personne (Nobody's fields), Flammarion, 1995, ISBN 978-2-08-067127-1, Grand prix des lectrices de Elle
  • Cauchemar Pirate (Pirate's Nightmare), 1995
  • Vive Noël! (Merry Christmas!), 1995
  • Lutteur de Sumo (Sumo fighter), 1996
  • Paris, rive noire, Editions Autrement, 1996, ISBN 978-2-86260-606-4
  • Fort de l'eau, Flammarion, 1997, ISBN 978-2-08-067488-3
  • Le 13è but, Hoëbeke, 1998, ISBN 978-2-84230-061-6
  • La coupe du monde n'aura pas lieu, 1998
  • Tête de Nègre, 1998; J'ai lu, 2004, ISBN 978-2-290-34573-3
  • L'enfant léopard: roman, Librairie générale française, 1999, ISBN 978-2-253-15074-9
  • On lit trop dans ce pays (we read too must in this country), Rue du monde, 2000, ISBN 978-2-912084-37-8
  • Paulette et Roger, Librairie générale française, 2003, ISBN 978-2-253-15416-7
  • La Donzelle: Un bâton rouge dans le chargeur, Editions du Rocher 2004, ISBN 2-268-05074-2
  • Un beau jeudi pour tuer Kennedy, 2005; Grasset & Fasquelle, 2006, ISBN 978-2-246-62191-1
  • Le coeur à la craie: roman, Librairie générale française, 2007, ISBN 978-2-253-11567-0
  • La treizième mort du chevalier: roman, Librairie générale française, 2006, ISBN 978-2-253-11586-1
  • Un bâton de rouge dans le chargeur: roman, Rocher, 2004, ISBN 978-2-268-05074-4
  • Le coeur de craie 2005; Librairie générale française, 2007, ISBN 978-2-253-11567-0
  • 68, mon amour: roman,Grasset, 2008, ISBN 978-2-246-71261-9

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