Louis Gardel is a French novelist, screenwriter, and publisher, born in Algiers in 1939. He is also publishing director of Éditions du Seuil and a permanent member of the Prix Renaudot jury.
Bibliography
- L'Été fracassé (1973)
- Couteau de chaleur (1976)
- Fort Saganne (1980) (Winner: Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française 1980)
- Le Beau Rôle (1986)
- Notre homme (1987)
- Dar baroud (1993)
- L’Aurore des bien-aimés (1997)
- Grand Seigneur (1999)
- La Baie d'Alger (2007)
Screenplays
- Radetzky March (film) (1965) Director: Michael Kehlmann. Based on the novel by Joseph Roth
- Fort Saganne (1984) Director: Alain Corneau
- Nocturne indien (1989) Director: Alain Corneau
- Indochine (1992) Director: Régis Wargnier
- East/West (1999) Director: Régis Wargnier
- Himalaya, l’enfance d’un chef (1999) Director: Eric Valli
Notes and references
- (in French) Fort Saganne, Éditions du Seuil, Paris, 1980, Preface
- (in French) Gardel biography at Prix Renaudot
External links
- (in French) Biography at the Prix Renaudot website
- Louis Gardel at IMDb
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