Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt

Elena Ciocoiu (Université de Paris IV Sorbonne)

Ed. by Edward Forman, University of Bristol
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.5.2.07: French Writing and Culture: Postwar and Contemporary, 1945-present.
Vol. editors: Kate Averis (University of Western Australia), Hugo Azerad (University of Cambridge), Patrick ffrench (King's College London), Edward Forman (University of Bristol), Akane Kawakami (Birkbeck, University of London), Siobhán McIlvanney (King's College London), Sinan Richards (King's College London), Tim Unwin (University of Bristol), David Williams (University of Sheffield)

Dates

Born 28 Mar 1960
Activity c. 1991-ongoing

Places

Born in France
Active in France; Belgium

Activities

Primary

Playwright / Dramatist

Other

Film/TV Script-writer/ Screenwriter
Novelist

Resources

Schmitt's Works

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Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt is one of the most successful contemporary French-language writers: in 2001 he was awarded the

Grand Prix du Théâtre de l’Académie Française

for his entire activity, and in 2008 he was awarded the Prix Goncourt de la Nouvelle for

Concerto à la mémoire d’un ange

[

Concerto in Memory of an Angel

]

In 2012 he became a member of the

Académie royale de langue et de littératures françaises de Belgique

. Born in France in 1960, Schmitt became a Belgian citizen in 2008. A prolific author of plays, novels and short stories, translated into 43 languages and studied in more and more schools and colleges at present, he is appreciated for his humanist, life-affirming world view, in support of such values as tolerance and freedom. He frequently underlined the fact that…

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Citation: Ciocoiu, Elena. "Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 12 May 2015 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=13519, accessed 21 November 2024.]

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