Antoine Rault par Claude Truong-Ngoc juin 2013

Antoine Rault (born 28 September 1965) is a French playwright and novelist. The website - http://www.antoine-rault.com/ The Youtube channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtpks4Hn2b6BM8RkDd4BNnw Rault’s works deal with contemporary and historical themes. He was awarded the Grand Prix de l’Académie Française for his play ''Le Caïman'' about Marxist philosopher

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, who killed his wife after 30 years of marriage.

Biography

Antoine Rault was born in Paris. In 1967, he graduated from the

Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris , motto_lang = fr , mottoeng = Roots of the Future , type = Public research university'' Grande école'' , established = , founder = Émile Boutmy , accreditation ...

, where he studied literature and politics. Subsequently, Antoine Rault worked for 15 years as a

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for the chairman of an international company and several French politicians. He was also a

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advisor for a French minister. Although his first play ''La Première Tête'', which deals with the French king

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and the beginning of the

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, had been performed in 1989, Antoine Rault had to wait until the success of his second play, ''Le Caïman'', to become a full-time writer.

Works

Novels

*''Je veux que tu m’aimes'' (

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) 2010. *''La vie dont tu rêvais'' (

) 2014. *''La danse des vivants'' (

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) 2016
La Grande Librairie

Prix Maurice Genevoix The Prix Maurice Genevoix (''Le prix Maurice Genevoix'') is an annual French literary award made in honor of its namesake Maurice Genevoix (1890–1980). It is intended to recognize a French literary work which, by its topic or style, honors the me ...

2017 *''La traversée du paradis'' (

) 2018. *''L'espion idéal'' (

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) 2020. *''De grandes ambitions'' (

) 2020. *''Monsieur Sénégal'' ( Plon) 2022.

Theater Plays

*''La Première Tête'' (1989) - Comédie de Paris. *''Le Caïman'' (2005- 2007) -

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, with

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. Published by Avant-Scène Théâtre. *''Le Diable Rouge'' (2008- 2010) - Théâtre Montparnasse, with

. Published by Avant-Scène Théâtre. *''Le Démon de Hannah'' (2009) - Comédie des Champs-Elysées. Published by Editions Albin Michel. *''La Vie sinon Rien'' (2009-2011). Comédie des Champs-Elysées. Published by Quatre Vents – l’Avant-Scène Théâtre. *'' L'Intrus'' (2011- 2012) - Comédie des Champs-Elysées, with Claude Rich Published by Editions Albin Michel. *''Le Système'' (2015) - Théâtre Antoine, with Lorant Deutsch, Stéphane Guillon, Eric Metayer, Urbain Cancellier,

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, Stéphanie Caillol, Philippine Bataille. Published by Editions Albin Michel *''Toi et tes rêves'' - creation for the

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2015, with Stéphanie Vicat and Gérôme Anger. *''Un nouveau départ'' - creation for the

2015, with Corinne Touzet and

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. Previous creations abroad - Russia (''Всё сначала'', 2011) and Germany (''Auf ein Neues'', 2012, with

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and

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). 2016 - Théâtre des Variétés with Corinne Touzet,

and Fanny Guillot. Published by Editions Albin Michel *''La vie rêvée d'Helen Cox'' (2018) - Théâtre La Bruyière, with

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and

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. Published by Editions Albin Michel *''Terminus'' (2018) - CADO d'Orléans, with Lorant Deutsch, Bernard Malaka,

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, Valérie Alane. Published by Editions Albin Michel *''Au Scalpel'' (2022) -

and

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, with Davy Sardou and Bruno Salomone. Published by L'Avant-scène

Awards

Le Caïman

Grand prix de l’Académie française 2006. Five

Molière Award The Molière Award recognises achievement in live French theatre and is the national theatre award of France. The awards are presented and decided by the ''Association professionnelle et artistique du théâtre'' (APAT) and supported by the Min ...

nominations in 2006, including Best Play

Le Diable Rouge

Two

s in 2009. Seven

nominations in 2009, including Best Play and Best Dramatist. Nomination Globes de Cristal 2009

Le Démon de Hannah

Nomination Globes de Cristal 2010.

nomination 2010.

Le Système

Three

nominations 2015

La danse des vivants

Prix Maurice-Genevoix 2017

External links

Articles

* * * http://www.lopinion.fr/5-janvier-2015/premiere-crise-financiere-lutte-pouvoir-coeur-piece-systeme-19999 * http://www.onsortoupas.fr/tag/antoine-rault/ * http://www.directmatin.fr/arts-vivants/2015-02-19/deutsch-et-guillon-dans-les-coulisses-de-la-finance-699927 * http://blog.ticketac.com/2015/02/le-systeme-humour-et-histoire-au-theatre-antoine/ * https://web.archive.org/web/20150402134702/http://www.alternatives-economiques.fr/john-law-2c-hier-et-aujourd-hui_fr_art_1351_71950.html * http://larevuey.com/2015/03/le-systeme-sexplique-au-theatre-antoine/ * https://web.archive.org/web/20150402150656/http://www.culture-chronique.com/chronique.htm?chroniqueid=1296&typeid=3

Videos and Podcasts

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TF1 Interview TF1

Albin Michel Interview with the Editor

Europe 1 podcast "La banqueroute et le Regent"

Le Systeme teaser

La danse des vivants @ La Grande Librairie TVshow

References

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