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Jean-Hugues Oppel

ジャン=ユーグ・オッペル

Jan-Yūgu Oppuru

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1957-11-09 (Paris)
Nationality
France, Switzerland
Languages
French
Residence History
Paris

Career

Occupations
Novelist, Camera assistant
Active Years
1983-2025

Education

Lycée Charlemagne
Country: France
École nationale supérieure Louis-Lumière
Operators
Country: France

Awards

Prix Mystère de la critique
1995
Work: Brocéliande sur Marne
Result: winner
Grand prix de littérature policière
1996
Work: Ambernave
Result: winner
Prix Sang d'encre
1998
Work: Ténèbre
Result: winner
Trophées 813
2000
Work: Cartago
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Ambernave

1995 Noir novel

Cartago

2000 Noir novel

Ténèbre

1998 Noir novel

Six-Pack

1997 Noir novel
Adaptations
  • [Film] Six-Pack / Alain Berberian (1999)

Bibliography

  • Canine et Gunn
  • Barjot !
  • Zaune
  • Piraña Matador
  • Brocéliande sur Marne
  • Ambernave
  • Six-Pack
  • Ténèbre
  • Cartago
  • Chaton : trilogie

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Play on police genre clichésProtean mental universe
Recurring Motifs
CinemaCigarsMotorcyclesCatsRedheads

Legacy

French noir novelist known for several literary awards. Also writes youth literature.

Trivia

  • Of Franco-Swiss origin.
  • Worked as a camera assistant in the film industry.