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Jean Philippe Rolin (born 14 June 1949,

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) is a French writer and

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. He received the

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for journalism in 1988, and his novel ''L'organisation'' received the Medicis award in 1996. His brother Olivier Rolin is also a writer. As students, Rolin and his brother participated in the

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uprising.

Bibliography

* ''Journal de Gand aux Aléoutiennes'' (

Roger Nimier Prize The Roger Nimier Prize () is a French literature award. It is supposed to go to "a young author whose spirit is in line with the literary works of Roger Nimier". Nimier (1925–1962) was a novelist and a leading member of the Hussards (literary move ...

1982) * ''L'Or du scaphandrier'', 1983 * ''Vu sur la mer'', 1986 * ''La Ligne de Front'' (Prix Albert Londres 1988) * ''La Frontière belge'', 1989 * ''Chemins d'eau'', 1992 * ''Cyrille et Méthode'', 1994 * ''Joséphine'', 1994 * ''Zones'', 1995 * ''L'Organisation'' (Prix Médicis 1996) * ''Traverses'', 1999 * ''Campagnes'', 2000 * ''La Clôture'', 2002 * ''Chrétiens'', 2003 * ''Terminal Frigo'', 2005 * ''L'Homme qui a vu l'ours'' (Prix Ptolémée 2006) * ''L'explosion de la durite'', 2007 Warren Motte, "Jean Rolin's Explosion". The Review of Contemporary Fiction, Sept. 22, 2008)(fee required for online access).
/ref> * ''Un chien mort après lui'', 2009 * ''Le Ravissement de Britney Spears'', 2011 * ''Ormuz'', 2013 * ''Les Événements'', 2015 * ''Savannah'', 2015 * ''Peleliu'', 2016 * ''Le Traquet kurde'', 2018 * ''Crac'', 2019

References

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