Valérie Perrin (born 19 January 1967, in Remiremont) is a French novelist, screenwriter, and photographer. She is best known as the author of the novels Les Oubliés du dimanche (2015), and Changer l'eau des fleurs (2018), and for screenwriting on the films Salaud, on t'aime (2014), Un plus une (2015), and Everyone's Life (2017). Her works have been translated into over 30 languages.
Valérie Perrin | |
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| Born | January 19, 1967 |
| Occupation | Novelist, screenwriter, photographer |
| Notable works | Les Oubliés du dimanche (2015), Changer l'eau des fleurs (2018) |
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Life and career
editPerrin was born 19 January 1967 in Remiremont, France, and grew up in Burgundy in a family of footballers. She moved to Paris in 1986, working odd jobs before settling with Claude Lelouch, whom she had met in 2006 after writing him a letter.[1][2] She began screenwriting when she collaborated with Lelouch for 2014 French drama Salaud, on t'aime. She would go on to collaborate with him for the screenplays of Un plus une (2015) and Everyone's Life (2017).[3][4][5]
After having worked on Salaud, on t'aime, Perrin published her first novel Les Oubliés du dimanche, published by Éditions Albin Michel in 2015 and Le Livre de Poche in 2017. The book was a success, being awarded a Booksellers Choice Award, a Chronos Award, the National Lion's Prize for Literature, the Prix du Premier Roman in 2016.[6][7]
Perrin's following novel, Changer l'eau des fleurs, was published in 2018 by Albin Michel and Les Livres de Poche in 2019.[8] In 2020, it was translated into English by Hildegarde Serle for Europa Editions, where the novel became an international success.[9][10] Her novel Trois, was published in 2021.[11] She married Lelouch in a civil ceremony in Paris in 2023.[12]
Literary work
editNovels
edit- Les Oubliés du dimanche, Éditions Albin Michel (2015), Le Livre de Poche (2017), Europa Editions (2023)
- Changer l'eau des fleurs, Éditions Albin Michel (2018), Les Livres de Poche (2019), Europa Editions (2020)
- Trois, Éditions Albin Michel (2021), Les Livres de Poche (2022), Europa Editions (2022)
- “Tata”, Edition Albin Michel (2024)
Short stories
edit- 24 hours together (with Wilfried N'sondé and Brigitte Giraud), Editións ActuSF, 2019
Screenplays
edit- Salaud, on t'aime (2014)
- Un plus une (2015)
- Everyone's Life (2017)
Awards
editReferences
edit- ^ "Valérie Perrin : "Pour Claude Lelouch, j'ai tout quitté !"". Public.fr (in French). 3 February 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
- ^ Liger, Baptiste (April 2021). "Un Coer Simple" (PDF). Lire (in French). p. 53. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
- ^ Gary, Nicholas (28 July 2020). "Valérie Perrin: "I write while playing with my reader, while thinking of him."". Actualitte. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
- ^ Reboulleau, Laetitia (19 January 2022). "Couple mythique : Claude Lelouch et Valérie Perrin, l'amour envers et contre tous". Yahoo! Style (in French). Retrieved 9 October 2023.
- ^ "Valérie Perrin e Claude Lelouch, un amore nato grazie al cinema". Libreri Amo (in Italian). 28 July 2021. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
- ^ a b c d Lemoine, Christophe (20 September 2019). "Valérie Perrin's second novel on the winners of the Pocket Book Readers' Prize". Actu.fr. Archived from the original on 23 August 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
- ^ "La biographie de Valérie Perrin". Gala.fr (in French). Prisma Média. 22 June 2023. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
- ^ "Littérature - Valérie Perrin, une Gueugnonnaise qui change l'eau des fleurs à Guillaume Musso". L'infoRmateur de Bourgogne (in French). 28 August 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
- ^ Ginori, Anais (1 July 2021). "Valérie Perrin: "Ora il mio bestseller diventa una serie tv"". La Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 9 October 2023.
- ^ Knowles, Madeleine. "Time Passing: A Conversation with Valérie Perrin". NB Magazine. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
- ^ Bajos, Sandrine (9 April 2021). "Livres : Valérie Perrin réussit la passe de «Trois»". Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 9 October 2023.
- ^ Minucci, Emanuela (18 June 2023). "Parigi, Claude Lelouch e Valérie Perrin sposi: il regista e la scrittrice hanno detto sì". La Stampa (in Italian). Retrieved 9 October 2023.
- ^ Solym, Clement (30 May 2018). "The Maison de la Presse 2018 Prize goes to Valérie Perrin". Actualitte (in French). Archived from the original on 23 August 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2023.