Claude Klotz (6 October 1932 – 13 August 2010), better known by his pen name Patrick Cauvin, was a former

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turned French writer. He was born in

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and died in

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. His novel ''E=mc² Mon Amour'' was adapted into the

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winning 1979 film ''

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.'' Cauvin wrote a sequel to the novel ''E=mc² Mon Amour'' entitled ''Pythagore, je t'adore'' that was released in 2001.

Works

All works published by

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except when noted otherwise. * 1971: ''Les Innommables'' ("The Unspeakables"), as Claude Klotz * 1977: ''E=mc² Mon Amour'' ("E=mc² My Love") * 1982: ''Nous allions vers les beaux jours'' ("We went to the beautiful days") * 1982: ''Monsieur papa'' ("Mister Daddy") * 1982: ''L'amour aveugle'' ("Blind love") * 1983: ''Pourquoi pas nous ?'' ("Why not us?") * 1983: ''Huit jours en été'' ("Eight days in summer") * 1984: ''C'était le Pérou'' ("It was

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") * 1985: ''Dans les bras du vent'' ("In the arms of the wind") * 1986: ''Laura Brams'' * 1987: ''C'était le pérou Tome II'' ("It was Peru volume II") * 1987: ''Haute-Pierre'' * 1988: ''Povchéri'' * 1990: ''Werther, ce soir...'' ("Werther, this evening...") * 1992: ''Rue des bons-enfants'' ("Street of the good children") * 1992: ''Kobar'',

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* 1993: ''Belles galères'' ("Beautiful galleys") * 1995: ''Menteur'' ("Liar") * 1996: ''Tout ce que Joseph écrivit cette année là'' ("Everything Joseph wrote that year") * 1997: ''Villa Vanille'' * 1999: ''Théâtre dans la nuit'' ("Theatre in the night") * 1998: ''Présidente'' ("President") * 2001: ''Pythagore, je t'adore'' ("

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, I love you"), Éditions Albin Michel * 2002: ''Torrentera'' * 2004: ''Le sang des roses'' ("The blood of roses") * 2004: ''Le silence de Clara'' ("The silence of Clara"), Éditions Albin Michel * 2005: ''Jardin fatal'' ("Fatal garden") * 2005: ''La reine du monde'' ("The queen of the world") * 2007: ''Belange'' * 2007: ''Venge-moi!'' ("Avenge me!") * 2008: ''Les pantoufles du samouraï'' ("The slippers of the Samurai") * 2008: ''La maison de l'été'' ("The house of summer"),

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* 2009: ''Déclic'' ("Click"), Plon * 2010: ''Une seconde chance'' ("A second chance"), Plon

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