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François-Olivier Rousseau

フランソワ＝オリヴィエ・ルソー

Furansowā-Orivie Rusō

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1947-09-20 （Boulogne-Billancourt）
Nationality
French
Languages
French
Residence History
Boulogne-Billancourt, France → Paris, France → Douglas, Isle of Man

Career

Occupations
journalist, novelist, screenwriter
Active Years
1977-2024
Affiliations
Académie française
Memberships
Académie française

Awards

Prix Médicis
1981
Work: L'Enfant d'Édouard
Organization: Association Prix Médicis
Result: winner
Prix Marcel Proust
1986
Work: Sébastien Doré
Result: winner
Prix Bertrand de Jouvenel
1986
Work: Sébastien Doré
Organization: Académie française
Result: winner
Grand prix du roman de l'Académie française
1988
Work: La Gare de Wannsee
Organization: Académie française
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

L'Enfant d'Édouard

1981 novel
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Sébastien Doré

1985 novel
19th century

La Gare de Wannsee

1988 novel
pre-WWIartists

Les Enfants du siècle

1999 novel

Novelization of the film about the love affair between George Sand and Alfred de Musset.

Romanticismlove
Adaptations
  • [film] Children of the Century / Diane Kurys (1999)

Bibliography

  • 1977: Le Regard du voyageur, Stock
  • 1981: L'Enfant d'Édouard, Mercure de France
  • 1985: Sébastien Doré, Mercure de France
  • 1988: La Gare de Wannsee, Grasset
  • 1991: Andrée Putman, Éditions du Regard
  • 1991: Le Jour de l'éclipse, Grasset
  • 1995: L'Heure de gloire, Grasset
  • 1999: Les Enfants du siècle, Le Seuil
  • 2001: Le Passeur, Stock
  • 2003: Le Plaisir de la déception, Stock
  • 2003: Grand Hôtel du Pacifique, Éditions du Rocher
  • 2004: Princesse Marie, Le Seuil
  • 2006: Le Faux Pli, Gallimard

Style & Themes

Literary Style
detailed period descriptionsmeticulous portrayals of artists' lives
Recurring Motifs
Napoleon III era to World War Ideath instinct of the West

Legacy

French journalist and writer who started as a literary critic and quickly succeeded as a novelist, winning several prizes. Member of the Académie française. Known for depicting artists from Napoleon III to WWI era. Detests France and moved to Isle of Man.

Quotes

  • an accident that is incomprehensible to me, I try to understand what could have provoked this manifestation of the death instinct of the West and I like to dream what would have been this century without the war
    Source: Biographical note

Trivia

  • A French who detests France
  • Settled in Douglas, Isle of Man, devotes to writing between voyages
  • Prolific screenwriter