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Éric Vuillard

エリック・ヴィヤール

Erik Vuillard

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1968-05-04 (Lyon)
Nationality
French
Languages
French
Residence History
Lyon

Career

Occupations
writer, film director
Active Years
1999-2024
Nominations
Prix Femina finalist (2014, Un endroit où aller), Albertine Prize shortlist (2019, The Order of the Day), International Booker Prize shortlist (2021, The War of the Poor)

Awards

Prix Goncourt
2017
Work: L'Ordre du jour
Organization: Académie Goncourt
Result: 受賞
Joseph-Kessel Prize
2015
Work: Tristesse de la terre
Result: 受賞
Prix Alexandre-Vialatte
2017
Work: 14 juillet
Result: 受賞
Franz-Hessel-Preis
2012
Work: La bataille d’Occident
Result: 受賞
Prix Littéraire Valery Larbaud
2013
Work: Un endroit où aller
Result: 受賞
Prix de l'inaperçu
2010
Work: Conquistadors
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

L'Ordre du jour

2017 historical novel

A short historical novel depicting the rise of Nazi Germany.

powerhistoryNazism
Translations
  • Mark Polizzotti (English)

Tristesse de la terre

2015 historical novel

Story of Buffalo Bill Cody.

Native Americanscolonialism
Translations
  • Sorrow of the Earth (English)

14 juillet

2016 historical novel

Depicts the storming of the Bastille.

revolutionFrench Revolution

La guerre des pauvres

2019 historical novel

Depicts the Reformation and Peasants' War.

religious warspoverty
Translations
  • The War of the Poor (English)

Une sortie honorable

2022 historical novel

Depicts France's handling of the Vietnam War era.

colonial warsdiplomacy
Translations
  • An Honorable Exit (English)

Bibliography

  • Le Chasseur (1999)
  • Bois vert (2002)
  • Tohu (2005)
  • Conquistadors (2009)
  • La bataille d’Occident (2012)
  • Un endroit où aller (2012)
  • Congo (2016)
  • Tristesse de la terre (2015)
  • 14 juillet (2016)
  • L'Ordre du jour (2017)
  • La guerre des pauvres (2019)
  • Une sortie honorable (2022)

Adaptations

  • Mateo Falcone (2008, director)
  • L'homme qui marche (2006, director)
  • La vie nouvelle (2002, director)

Translations of Works

  • The Order of the Day (English)
  • Sorrow of the Earth (English)
  • The War of the Poor (English)
  • An Honorable Exit (English)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
concise styleliterary reconstruction of historical facts
Recurring Motifs
mechanisms of powerdark sides of history

Legacy

Known as a Prix Goncourt winner, acclaimed for his style of depicting historical events in novella form.