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Gilles Leroy

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Gilles Leroy

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1958-12-28 (Bagneux, Hauts-de-Seine)
Nationality
French
Languages
French
Residence History
France

Career

Occupations
Novelist
Active Years
1987-
Affiliations
Mercure de France

Education

Lycée Lakanal
Sceaux
Country: France
Appears in his 1996 novel Les Maîtres du monde as the 'Lycée Ducasse'

Awards

Prix Goncourt
2007
Work: Alabama song
Organization: Académie Goncourt
Result: 受賞
Prix Nanterre de la nouvelle
1992
Work: Les Derniers seront les premiers
Result: 受賞
Prix Valery Larbaud
1999
Work: Machines à sous
Result: 受賞
Prix Millepages
2004
Work: Grandir
Result: 受賞
Prix Cabourg
2004
Work: Grandir
Result: 受賞
Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres
2005
Organization: Ministry of Culture (France)
Result: 受賞
Prix Flaubert des lycéens
2008
Work: Alabama Song
Result: 受賞
Prix Eté du Livre
2010
Work: Zola Jackson
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Alabama song

2007 Novel

Goncourt Prize-winning novel.

AmericaFamily

Bibliography

  • Habibi
  • Maman est morte
  • Les Derniers seront les premiers
  • Madame X
  • Les Jardins publics
  • Les Maîtres du monde
  • Machines à sous
  • Soleil noir
  • L'Amant russe
  • Grandir
  • Champsecret
  • Alabama song
  • Zola Jackson

Legacy

French novelist known for winning the Prix Goncourt.