Philippe Georget is a French writer, the author of five crime novels. He was born on 8 August 1962 in
Épinay-sur-Seine
Épinay-sur-Seine (, literally ''Épinay on Seine'') is a commune in the Seine-Saint-Denis department, in the northern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris. The church of Notre-Dame-des-Missions-du-cygne d'Enghien, ...
and lives in
Perpignan
Perpignan (, , ; ; ) is the prefectures in France, prefecture of the Pyrénées-Orientales departments of France, department in Southern France, in the heart of the plain of Roussillon, at the foot of the Pyrenees a few kilometres from the Me ...
. His books have won several prizes and three have been translated into English, starting with ''Summertime All the Cats Are Bored'' in 2013.
Novels
*''L'été tous les chats s'ennuient'', Éditions Jigal, (2009) ; English translation ''Summertime All the Cats Are Bored'', Europa Editions, (2013)
*''Le Paradoxe du cerf-volant'', Editions Jigal, (2011)
*''Les Violents de l'automne'', Éditions Jigal, (2012) ; English translation, ''Autumn, All The Cats Return'', Europa Editions, (2014)
*''Tendre comme les pierres'', Éditions Jigal, (2014)
*''Méfaits d'hiver'', Éditions Jigal, (2015) ; English translation ''Crimes of Winter'', Europa Editions, (2017)
Awards and achievements
* 2011 : Prix
SNCF
The Société nationale des chemins de fer français (, , SNCF ) is France's national State-owned enterprise, state-owned railway company. Founded in 1938, it operates the Rail transport in France, country's national rail traffic along with th ...
du polar 2011 for ''L'été tous les chats s'ennuient''
* 2011 : Prix du premier roman policier de la ville de Lens 2011 for ''L'été tous les chats s'ennuient''
* 2013 : Prix de l'Embouchure for ''Les Violents de l'automne''
* 2016 : Prix Méditerranée Roussillon for ''Méfaits d'hiver''
* 2017 : Prix EuroPolar des Bibliothèques de la Ville d'Argenteuil for ''Le Paradoxe du cerf-volant''
External links
Languedoc-Roussillon Livre et lecture : Philippe Georget
References
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1962 births
Living people
French crime fiction writers
20th-century French novelists
21st-century French novelists
20th-century French male writers
21st-century French male writers