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Philippe Djian

フィリップ・ジアン

Firippu Jian

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1949-06-03 （Paris, France）
Nationality
France
Languages
French
Residence History
Paris, France → Boston, United States → Florence, Italy → Biarritz, France

Career

Occupations
Novelist
Active Years
1981-2024

Education

Ecole Supérieure de Journalisme de Paris
Journalism
Country: France

Awards

Prix Interallié
2012
Work: Elle
Organization: Prix Interallié Committee
Result: winner
Prix Jean-Freustié
2009
Work: Impardonnables
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

37°2 le matin

1985 Novel

A story of passionate and mad love.

LoveMadness
Adaptations
  • [Film] Betty Blue / Jean-Jacques Beineix (1986)

Oh...

2012 Novel

A woman confronting her rapist.

RevengeFemale Strength
Adaptations
  • [Film] Elle / Paul Verhoeven (2016)
Translations
  • English: Elle

Bibliography

  • 50 contre 1
  • Bleu comme l'enfer
  • Zone érogène
  • 37°2 le matin
  • Maudit manège
  • Échine
  • Crocodiles
  • Lent dehors
  • Sotos
  • Assassins
  • Criminels
  • Sainte Bob
  • Vers chez les blancs
  • Ça c'est un baiser
  • Frictions
  • Impuretés
  • Doggy bag, saison 1
  • Impardonnables
  • Oh...
  • 2030

Adaptations

  • 37°2 le matin → Betty Blue (1986)
  • Bleu comme l'enfer → Blue Hell (1986)
  • Impardonnables → Unforgivable (2011)
  • Incidences → Love Is the Perfect Crime (2013)
  • Oh... → Elle (2016)

Translations by Author

  • Lyrics for Stephan Eicher

Translations of Works

  • Oh... English: Elle
  • Incidences English: Consequences
  • Marlène English: Marlene

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Simple and direct styleColloquial language
Recurring Motifs
Intense relationshipsViolenceDisruption of everyday life

Legacy

Popular French novelist of Armenian descent, many works adapted to films, winner of Prix Interallié.

In Popular Culture

  • Works adapted to Hollywood films

Trivia

  • Of Armenian descent.
  • Lives in Biarritz.
  • Wrote lyrics for Stephan Eicher.