Jacques-Pierre Amette (born 1943 in

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) is a French writer. In 2003 his novel '' Brecht's Mistress'' (French: ''La Maîtresse de Brecht'') won the

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. He has been a correspondent for ''

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'' and a journalist for several French

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Bibliography

novels

*1965: ''Le Congé'' *1966: ''Élisabeth Skerla'' *1974: ''La Vie comme ça'' *1977: ''Bermuda'' *1978: ''La Nuit tombante'' *1981: ''Jeunesse dans une ville normande'' *1985: ''Enquête d'hiver'' *1987: ''L'Après-midi'' *1992: ''La Peau du monde'' *1995: ''Province'' *1997: ''Les Deux Léopards'' (

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1997) *1999: ''L'Homme du silence'' *2001: ''Ma vie, son œuvre'' *2003: '' Brecht's Mistress'' (2005 UK) / ''Brecht's Lover'' (2005 US) / ''La Maîtresse de Brecht'' (2003 FR) *2009: ''Journal météorologique''

Romans noirs

* ''Exit'',

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, (

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) n°1850 (1981) , reprint Gallimard, series n°3010 (1997) under the pseudonym Paul Clément * ''Je tue à la campagne'', Gallimard, Série noire n°1896 (1982) , reprint Gallimard, series n°230 (2001) under the pseudonym Paul Clément * ',

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(2007) , reprint LGE,

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n°3219 (2010)

Tales

*1970: ''Un voyage en province'' *1986: ''Confessions d'un enfant gâté'' (

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1986) *1991: ''Le Voyage d'Hölderlin en France'' *1993: ''L'adieu à la raison'' *1994: ''Stendhal : 3 juin 1819'' *2007: ''Un été chez Voltaire'' *2012: ''Liaison romaine''

Short stories

*1973: ''Les lumières de l'Antarctique''

Theatre

* 1974: ''Les Sables mouvants'' * 1989: ''Le Maître-nageur'' * 1989: ''Les Environs de Heilbronn'' * 1991: ''Après nous'' * 1991: ''La Waldstein'' * 1992: ''Le Mal du pays'' * 1992: ''Singe'' * 1992: ''Passions secrètes, crimes d'avril'' * 1993: ''Appassionata'' * 1997: ''La Clairière'' * 2005: ''Le Tableau de Poussin''

Honours

* 1986: Prix Roger-Nimier for ''Confessions d'un enfant gâté'' * 1997:

for ''Les Deux Léopards'' * 1992: Prix CIC du Théâtre for ''Passions secrètes, crimes d'avril'' * 2003:

for ''La Maîtresse de Brecht'' (édition dite « du Centenaire ») * 2007:

References

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