Didier Decoin (born 13 March 1945) is a French screenwriter and writer awarded the

Prix Goncourt The Prix Goncourt (french: Le prix Goncourt, , ''The Goncourt Prize'') is a prize in French literature, given by the académie Goncourt to the author of "the best and most imaginative prose work of the year". The prize carries a symbolic reward o ...

in 1977.

Biography

He is the son of filmmaker Henri Decoin. He began his career as a newspaper journalist at ''

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'', ''

Le Figaro ''Le Figaro'' () is a French daily morning newspaper founded in 1826. It is headquartered on Boulevard Haussmann in the 9th arrondissement of Paris. The oldest national newspaper in France, ''Le Figaro'' is one of three French newspapers of r ...

'' and ''VOD'', and radio

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. At the same time he started writing. While continuing his writing, he became writer in film and television (and adapted scripts for television as the major TV films ''Les Misérables'', ''The Count of Monte Cristo'', ''Balzac'' and ''Napoleon''). In 1995, he became the Secretary of the

Académie Goncourt The Société littéraire des Goncourt (Goncourt Literary Society), usually called the Académie Goncourt (Goncourt Academy), is a French literary organisation based in Paris. It was founded in 1900 by the French writer and publisher Edmond de Go ...

Bibliography

Novels

* ''Le Procès à l'Amour'' (Seuil, 1966) (Bourse Del Duca). See * ''La Mise au monde'' (Seuil, 1967) * ''Laurence'' (Seuil, 1969) * ''Elisabeth ou Dieu seul le sait'' (Seuil, 1970) (prix des Quatre Jurys) * ''Abraham de Brooklyn'' (Seuil, 1971) (prix des Libraires) * ''Ceux qui vont s'aimer'' (Seuil, 1973) * ''Un policeman'' (Seuil, 1975) * ''John l'Enfer'' (Seuil, 1977) (

* '' Le bureau des jardins et des étangs' (Stock,2017) * ''La Dernière Nuit'' (Balland, 1978) * ''L'Enfant de la mer de Chine'' (Seuil, 1981 ) * ''Les Trois vies de Babe Ozouf'' (Seuil, 1983) * ''Autopsie d'une étoile'' (Seuil, 1987) * ''Meurtre à l'anglaise'' (Mercure de France, 1988) * ''La Femme de chambre du Titanic'' (Seuil, 1991) - basis for the 1997 film ''

The Chambermaid on the Titanic ''The Chambermaid on the Titanic'' ( es, La camarera del Titanic, french: La Femme de chambre du Titanic, it, L'immagine del desiderio) is a 1997 French-Italian-Spanish drama film directed by Bigas Luna, starring Oliver Martinez, Romane Bohring ...

'' * ''Docile'' (Seuil, 1994) * ''La Promeneuse d'oiseaux'' (Seuil, 1996) * ''La Route de l'aéroport'' (Fayard, 1997) * ''Louise'' (Seuil, 1998) * ''Madame Seyerling'' (Seuil, 2002) * ''Avec vue sur la Mer'' (Nil Editions, 2005), Prix du Cotentin 2005, Prix Livre & Mer Henri-Queffélec 2006 * ''Henri ou Henry: le roman de mon père'' (Stock, mai 2006) * ''Est-ce ainsi que les femmes meurent'' (Grasset, février 2009) * '' Le bureau des jardins et des étangs'' (Stock, 2017)

Essays

* ''Il fait Dieu'' (Julliard 1975, Fayard 1997) * ''La Nuit de l'été'' (with film by J.C. Brialy, Balland 1979) * ''La Bible racontée aux enfants'' (Calmann-Levy) * ''Il était une joie... Andersen'' (Ramsay, 1982) * ''Béatrice en enfer'' (Lieu Commun, 1984 ) * ''L'Enfant de Nazareth'' (with Marie-Hélène About, Nouvelle Cité, 1989) * ''Elisabeth Catez ou l'Obsession de Dieu'' (Balland, 1991), Prix de littérature religieuse 1992 * ''Lewis et Alice'' (Laffont, 1992) * ''Jésus, le Dieu qui riait'' (Stock, 1999) * "Dictionnaire amoureux de la Bible"

Collaborative works

* ''La Hague,'' with Natacha Hochman (photography) (Isoète, 1991) * ''Cherbourg,'' with Natacha Hochman (photography) (Isoète, 1992) * ''Presqu'île de lumière,'' with Patrick Courault (photography) (Isoète, 1996) * ''Sentinelles de lumière,'' with Jean-Marc Coudour (photography) (Desclée de Brouwer, 1997)

Screenplays

* ''La Merveilleuse Visite'' (dir. Marcel Carné, 1973) * ''La Bible'' (dir. Marcel Carné, 1976) * ''

I as in Icarus ''I as in Icarus'' (french: link=no, I... comme Icare) is a 1979 French thriller film directed by Henri Verneuil. Selected cast *Yves Montand as Henri Volney *Michel Etcheverry as Frédéric Heiniger *Roger Planchon as Prof. David Naggara *Pierre ...

'' (dir.

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, 1979) * ''L'Indic'' (dir.

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, 1983) * ' (dir.

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, 1987) * ''Un bon petit diable'' (dir. Jean-Claude Brialy) * '' L'homme voilé'' (dir.

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, 1987) * ''

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'' (dir.

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, 1990) * '' Out of Life'' (dir.

, 1991) * ''Des feux mal éteints'' (dir.

Serge Moati Serge Moati (born Henry Moati; 17 August 1946) is a French journalist, television presenter, film director and writer. He is the brother of Nine Moati, author of the novel ''Les Belles de Tunis''. As is his sister, Serge Moati is a French citize ...

, 1994) * ''

Jakob the Liar ''Jakob the Liar'' is a 1999 American war comedy-drama film directed by Peter Kassovitz, produced by Steven Haft, Marsha Garces Williams and written by Kassovitz and Didier Decoin. The film is based on the book of the same name by Jurek Becker ...

'' (dir.

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, 1999) * '' The Count of Monte Cristo'' (dir.

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, 1999, TV miniseries) * ' (dir.

, 1999, TV miniseries) * ''

Le Roi danse ''The King is Dancing'' (''Le Roi danse'') is a 2000 costume drama by Belgian filmmaker Gérard Corbiau based on Philippe Beaussant's biography of Jean-Baptiste Lully, ''Lully ou le musicien du soleil'' (1992). The film, presenting libertine and ...

'' (dir.

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(2000) * ''

Les Misérables ''Les Misérables'' ( , ) is a French historical novel by Victor Hugo, first published in 1862, that is considered one of the greatest novels of the 19th century. In the English-speaking world, the novel is usually referred to by its origin ...

'' (dir.

, 2000, TV miniseries)

External links

"Didier Decoin", ''Academie Goncourt''
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