Éric Vuillard

Éric Vuillard (4 May 1968, Lyon) is a French writer and film director.[1] He has made two films, L'homme qui marche and Mateo Falcone, the latter based on a story by Prosper Merimee. He is the author of Conquistadors (2009) which won the Prix de l'inaperçu in 2010. He won the Prix Goncourt in 2017 for L'Ordre du jour.[2][3]

Éric Vuillard in 2009

His other works include:

  • La bataille d'Occident (Franz-Hessel-Preis 2012, Prix Littéraire Valery Larbaud 2013)
  • Congo (Franz-Hessel-Preis 2012, Valery-Larbaud Prize 2013)
  • Tristesse de la terre (Joseph-Kessel Prize 2015)
    • Tristesse de la terre has been translated into English under the title Sorrow of the Earth.
  • L'Ordre du jour (Prix Goncourt 2017)
    • The Order of the Day, English translation by Mark Polizzotti, Other Press, 2018, ISBN 978-1590519691 (Albertine Prize shortlist 2019)[4]
  • La guerre des pauvres, Actes Sud, 2019, ISBN 978-2-330-10366-8

References
  1. Bio
  2. "Le prix Goncourt récompense Eric Vuillard pour " L'Ordre du jour "". Le Monde (in French).
  3. Cristina Burack (November 6, 2017). "Eric Vuillard wins Prix Goncourt for best work of French literature 2017". DW. Retrieved November 7, 2017.
  4. "Meet the Shortlisted Writers for the 2019 Albertine Prize". Literary Hub. 2019-04-03. Retrieved 2019-04-03.
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