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Paul Couturiau

ポール・クチュリオー

Pōru Kutchuriō

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1952-07-27 （Bruxelles）
Nationality
Belgian
Languages
French
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Bruxelles → Paris → Vietnam → Bruxelles → Région messine

Career

Occupations
writer, novelist, translator, comic book screenwriter
Active Years
1970-2024
Affiliations
Éditions du Rocher, Presses de la Cité
Nominations
Prix Femina essai finalist (2001, Séverine, l'insurgée), Prix Erckmann-Chatrian (2011, Les Silences de Margaret), Prix Erckmann-Chatrian (2015, Je meurs de ce qui vous fait vivre)

Awards

Grand prix de littérature policière
1993
Work: Boulevard des Ombres
Result: winner
Prix des Maisons de la Presse
2002
Work: Le Paravent de soie rouge
Result: winner
Prix des Conseils Généraux de Lorraine
2011
Work: Les Silences de Margaret
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Boulevard des Ombres

1991 Crime novel

Debut crime novel, winner of Grand Prix de littérature policière.

darknesscrime

Le Paravent de soie rouge

2002 Historical novel

Historical romance, winner of Prix des Maisons de la Presse.

historylove

Frankenstein ou Le prométhée moderne

1988 Translation

Translation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.

sciencemonster

Bibliography

  • Boulevard des Ombres (1991)
  • Blues pour Mary Jane (1992)
  • La Folie Halloween (1996)

Translations by Author

  • Frankenstein (1988)
  • The Summing Up (2024)

Translations of Works

  • Paradis perdu (Vietnamese translation)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
versatile genresenigmatic
Recurring Motifs
AmericaAsiahistory

Legacy

Belgian French-language writer known for crime novels, historical fiction, biographies, and translations.

Trivia

  • Founded an amateur theater troupe in the 1970s.
  • Avid fan of the United States.