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Tonino Benacquista

トニーノ・ベナッキスタ

Tonino Benakkuisuta

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1961-09-01 （Choisy-le-Roi）
Nationality
French
Languages
French

Career

Occupations
crime fiction author, comics writer, screenwriter
Active Years
1988-

Awards

Grand Prix de Littérature Policière
1992
Work: La Commedia des ratés
Result: winner
Angoulême International Comics Festival René Goscinny award
1998
Work: L'Outremangeur
Result: winner
Grand prix des lectrices de Elle
1998
Work: Saga
Organization: Elle
Result: winner
César Award for Best Original Screenplay or Adaptation
2001
Work: Sur mes lèvres
Organization: Académie
Result: winner
César Award for Best Adaptation
2005
Work: The Beat That My Heart Skipped
Organization: Académie
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Malavita

2004 crime fiction

A former mob boss's family enters witness protection in Normandy, France, struggling with their new life in this black comedy.

familymafiaidentityadaptation
Adaptations
  • [film] The Family / Luc Besson (2013)
Translations
  • Badfellas

Bibliography

  • La Commedia des ratés
  • Saga
  • Quelqu'un d'autre
  • Malavita
  • Malavita encore
  • Homo erectus
  • Romanesque
  • Toutes les histoires d'amour ont été racontées, sauf une
  • Porca miseria
  • Tiré de faits irréels

Translations of Works

  • Badfellas (English)
  • The Family (English)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
humorousblack comedysatirical
Recurring Motifs
crime and everyday lifefamily dysfunction and redemption

Legacy

Popular French crime novelist known for works adapted into films.