Jean-Paul Didierlaurent

Jean-Paul Didierlaurent vit dans les Vosges. Nouvelliste lauréat de nombreux concours de nouvelles, deux fois lauréat du Prix Hemingway, son premier roman, Le Liseur du 6h27, connaît un immenses succès au Diable vauvert puis chez Folio (370.000 ex vendus), reçoit les prix du Roman d’Entreprise et du Travail, Michel Tournier, du Festival du Premier Roman de Chambéry, du CEZAM Inter CE, du Livre Pourpre, Complètement livres et de nombreux prix de lecteurs en médiathèques, et est traduit dans 31 pays. Il est en cours d’adaptation au cinéma. Jean-Paul Didierlaurent a depuis publié au Diable vauvert un premier recueil de ses nouvelles, Macadam, Le Reste de leur vie, roman réédité chez Folio, et La Fissure.

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