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Philippe Besson Novelist France
Philippe Besson was born on January 29, 1967 in France. His first novel In the Absence of Men (En l'absence des hommes) has been translated into eleven languages. In subsequent years, Besson has created a body of work which is remarkably coherent, noted for a style which is both understated and refined. Author of Late Autumn (L'Arrière-saison), A Boy from Italy (Un garçon d’Italie), and The Treason of Thomas Spencer (La Trahison de Thomas Spencer), he has become the must-read author of his generation. His novels have been translated into 19 languages and he received the Emmanuel-Robles prize for In the Absence of Men in 2001 as well as the RTL-Lire Grand Prize for Late Autumn in 2002. His Brother (Son frère) (2001) was adapted for film by the director Patrice Chéreau. In addition to his novels, Besson has become increasingly active in collaborating on movies and he is regarded as an original screenwriter with a very personal style. He wrote the script for Mourir d'aimer (2009) and La mauvaise rencontre (2010), with Jeanne Moreau, and co-wrote Raspoutine starring Gerard Depardieu, all three directed by Josée Dayan. He also wrote the script for Nos retrouvailles (2012).
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