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Grégoire Delacourt (born 26 July 1960 in
Valenciennes Valenciennes (, also , , ; nl, label=also Dutch, Valencijn; pcd, Valincyinnes or ; la, Valentianae) is a commune in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France. It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced a s ...
) is a French advertiser and writer.


Biography

In his youth, Delacourt was an intern at the
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College "La Providence" in Amiens (the same college that current French president
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attended 17 years later). He obtained his
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in Lille and then began law studies in Grenoble, which he quickly put an end to. He became a publicist in 1982 and in 2004, created with his wife Dana Philp his own advertising agency, ''Quelle Belle Journée'' ("What a beautiful day") with which he signed contracts with brands such as
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, GO Sport, Caudalie, Folio ( Éditions Gallimard),
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, Crozatier, Directours,
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... It was following his dismissal from his previous company that he decided to found his own agency. He published his first novel at the age of fifty, "L'Écrivain de la famille", (more than 20,000 copies sold in large format, 100,000 in pocket-sized edition) then ''
La Liste de mes envies ''La Liste de mes envies'' (''The List of My Desires'') is the second novel by Grégoire Delacourt, published in 2012. By August 2012, close to 440,000 copies had been sold, with 27 countries having translation rights. A review in ''L'Express'' ...
'' in 2012 which quickly became a bestseller with more than 500,000 copies sold before its release in the
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edition where it exceeded 600,000 copies. ''La Liste de mes envies'' was adapted to the theater by , directed by Anne Bouvier and produced by , played from January to May 2013 at . It was later revived at the Festival d'Avignon at the Off and again at Ciné 13 Théâtre from September 2014 until 12 January 2015. This adaptation won Mikaël Chirinian a nomination to the 2014
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in the ''Seul en scène'' ("alone on stage") category. The cinematographic adaptation, produced by Clémentine Dabadie and Thomas Viguier, was entrusted to with
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,
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and
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in the leading roles. The film was released in May 2014 and totaled more than 440,000 entries. In October 2016, a new theatrical version was created in Montreal, adaptation by Maryse Warda, direction by Marie-Thérèse Fortin, with Marie-Chantal Perron in the role of Jocelyne. In January 2017, a third theatrical version was created in Brussels at th
Théâtre de la Samaritaine
adapted and interpreted by Lorette Goosse and directed by Christian Dalimier. His third novel, ''La Première chose qu'on regarde'', was released in April 2013. Actress Scarlett Johansson sued, claiming the book was defamatory and exploited her name and image. The judge found the book to be defamatory and awarded Johansson 2500
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s, while rejecting the remaining claims. The book sold more than 150,000 copies. ''On ne voyait que le bonheur'', published on 20 August 2014, appeared on the first list of the
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and entered the second list of the 2015 Prix des Libraires. It came second to the Prix Goncourt des Lycéens behind ''Charlotte'' by
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. It won the title of "Best novel of the year 2014" awarded by the journalists of ''
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'' ''Les Quatre saisons de l'été '' were published on 29 April 2015 and stage, in the same summer at Touquet Paris-Plage, the summer loves of four couples, fifteen, thirty-five, fifty-five and sixty-fifteen. In Germany, the book ranked in the Top 10 list of ''
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s bestsellers. His sixth novel, ''Danser au bord de l'abîme'' was published on 2 January 2017.


Bibliography

* ''L'Écrivain de la famille'', Paris, Éditions
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, series "Littérature française", 2011, 250 p. :: - Prix Marcel Pagnol 2011. :: - Prix Rive Gauche à Paris 2011. :: - Prix Carrefour du Premier Roman 2011. :: - Prix Cœur de France 2011. :: - Prix du premier roman Méo Camuzet 2011. * ''
La Liste de mes envies ''La Liste de mes envies'' (''The List of My Desires'') is the second novel by Grégoire Delacourt, published in 2012. By August 2012, close to 440,000 copies had been sold, with 27 countries having translation rights. A review in ''L'Express'' ...
'', Paris, Éditions JC Lattès, series "Littérature française", 2012, 186 p. . :: - Prix Méditerranée des Lycéens 2013. :: - Prix des Lycéens 2013 de la Ville de Gujan-Mestras. :: - Prix Livresse de Lire 2013 * ', Paris, Éditions JC Lattès, series "Littérature française", 2013, 250 p. * ''On ne voyait que le bonheur'', Paris, Éditions JC Lattès, series "Littérature française", 2014, 360 p. :: - Prix des Lectrices Edelweiss (Switzerland) :: - Prix Goncourt des Fougères 2014. :: - Meilleur roman de l'année 2014. * ''Les Quatre Saisons de l'été'', Paris, Éditions JC Lattès, series "Littérature française", 2015, 270 p. * ''Danser au bord de l’abîme'', Paris, Éditions JC Lattès, series. "Littérature française", 2017, 320 p.


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