To add to this relentless success, an American film adaptation of Pierre Lemaitre’s internationally bestselling thriller Alex, directed and produced by James B.
His highly ingenious plots, combined with his stunning visual style-he prefers to use the word “scene” to the word “chapter” when discussing his books-have earned him the praise of critics and the public alike. For his crime novels alone he has been awarded eight literary prizes to date, including the Francophone Polar Prize ( Robe de marié, 2009), and the European Polar Prize ( Cadres noirs, 2010). By the time he was awarded the Goncourt, France's most prestigious literary award, in 2013, for his novel Au revoir là-haut, he had seven books and numerous other awards under his belt.Ī departure from his previous works, Au revoir là-haut is a picaresque novel featuring two former French soldiers of WWI, left behind in 1918, who manage to pull off a scam with fictitious war memorials.Įven before Lemaitre enjoyed a large success with Au revoir là-haut, he had won over many fans of the roman noir genre with his crime drama series about the detective Camille Verhœven, among other crime stories. Since the publication of his first book Travail soigné in France in 2006, Lemaitre has been publishing novels at an astounding rate.
His literary career is rather unusual: founder of a training agency, he used to teach American and French literature to librarians before dedicating himself, in his fifties, into the process of writing thrillers.
Born in Paris in 1951, Pierre Lemaitre has established himself as a standout writer of the French contemporary roman noir genre.
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