Hélène Grémillon Explained

Hélène Grémillon (born 8 February 1977 in Poitiers) is a French novelist.

Biography

Hélène Grémillon studied letters and obtained a master's degree, then turned to history, thus obtaining a DEA.

Her first novel, Le Confident, published in 2010, quickly became a best seller. Translated into twenty languages, it sold more than 250,000 copies and more than 250,000 copies in pocket edition,^[1] and appeared in some twenty countries. Le Confident is a love story, recounting the life of Camille, who receives a letter from an unknown sender after her mother's death, between the year 1938 and the year 1942.

She radically changes scenery in her second novel, La Garçonnière, a suspense novel inspired by a real drama happening in Argentina in Buenos Aires in 1987.

She married French singer Julien Clerc 17 December 2012 in the 16th arrondissement of Paris.^[2]

Works

• 2010: Le Confident, Paris, Éditions Plon, 301 p. .^[3]

- Lauriers Verts de La Forêt des Livres - Prix du Premier Roman 2010

- Prix Jeune Talent Littéraire des Clubs de Lecture de Saint-Germain-en-Laye 2011

- Prix Emmanuel Roblès - Prix des lecteurs de la Ville de Blois 2011

- - Coup de Cœur du Jury 2011

- Prix Palissy 2011.^[4]

• 2013: La Garçonnière, Paris, Éditions Flammarion, coll. « Littérature française », 356 p. .^{[5] [6]}

External links

• Site de l’auteur
• Hélène Grémillon on Babelio
• Hélène Grémillon présente Le confident on YouTube

Notes and References

1. Web site: Jean-François Cadet . 1. L'écrivain Hélène Grémillon . 1 February 2017.
2. Web site: Marc Fourny . Les noces de Noël de Julien Clerc . 1 February 2017.
3. Web site: Sophie Delassein . "Le Confident" d'Hélène Grémillon . 1 February 2017.
4. Web site: Hélène Grémillon . 1 February 2017 . 28 September 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130928061437/http://www.prix-litteraires.net/detail_prix_auteur.php?auteur=4906_Helene_Gremillon . dead .
5. Web site: Delphine Peras . La garçonnière, d'Hélène Grémillon: Tango sur le divan . 1 February 2017.
6. Web site: Bernard Lehut . Hélène Grémillon : "C'est la jalousie que j'ai voulu décliner", dit-elle sur "La garçonnière" dans Laissez-vous tenter le 02-09-2013 sur RTL. . 1 February 2017 . 23 September 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130923104310/http://www.rtl.fr/emission/laissez-vous-tenter/billet/helene-gremillon-c-est-la-jalousie-que-j-ai-voulu-decliner-dit-elle-sur-la-garconniere-7764209305 . dead .