Prix Mystère de la critique
2 appearances
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Edition 23 (1994) Winner
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Edition 28 (1999) Winner
Thierry Jonquet
ティエリー・ジョンケ
Tierī Jonke
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1954-01-19 （Paris）
- Died
- 2009-08-09 （Paris） age 55
- Nationality
- France
- Languages
- French
- Religion
- Unknown
- Residence History
- Paris
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, crime fiction writer
- Active Years
- 1982-2009
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Mygale
1984 crime novelA crime novel with political themes. Published in the US in 2003 by City Lights, and in the UK as Tarantula in 2005.
politicscrimerevenge
Adaptations
- [film] The Skin I Live In / Pedro Almodóvar (2011)
Translations
- English: Mygale (Donald Nicholson-Smith); Tarantula
Bibliography
- Mémoire en cage (1982)
- Ils sont votre épouvante et vous êtes leur crainte (2006)
- Mon vieux (2005)
- Comedia (2005)
- Jours tranquilles à Belleville (2003)
- Le manoir des immortelles (2003)
- Ad vitam aeternam (2002)
- Le bal des débris (2000)
- Rouge c'est la vie (1998)
- Les orpailleurs (1993)
- La Bête et la Belle (1985)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Style specializing in crime novels with political themes
Legacy
French writer specializing in crime novels with political themes. His most famous work Mygale was adapted into a film by Pedro Almodóvar.
In Popular Culture
- Mygale adapted as The Skin I Live In by Pedro Almodóvar.