Olivier Bourdeaut
Olivier Bourdeaut (born 1980[1] in Nantes, Loire-Atlantique[2]) is a French contemporary writer.
His first novel, Waiting for Bojangles (En attendant Bojangles), published in January 2016 at Éditions Finitude, was awarded the 2016 Prix France Culture/Télérama,[3] the 2016 Grand prix RTL-Lire, the 2016 Prix Emmanuel Roblès and the 2016 Prix France Télévisions.
Biography
[edit]Olivier Bourdeaut was a real estate agent in Nantes when the loss of his work led him to devote himself to literature. He worked for two years writing a first novel, dark, which however found no publisher. While residing with his parents in Spain he devoted himself to the writing, in seven weeks, of another light and wacky novel that would become En attendant Bojangles.[4][5] Published by éditions Finitude, the first to acquire its rights, the book received the enthusiastic support of Jérôme Garcin in Le Nouvel Observateur,[6] and immediately met an enormous success with the public.[7]
Work
[edit]- 2016: En attendant Bojangles. Éditions Finitude. p. 160. ISBN 978-2-36339-063-9.
- 2019: Waiting for Bojangles. Simon & Schuster. p. 176. ISBN 9781501145919.
- 2018: Pactum salis. Éditions Finitude. p. 256. ISBN 978-2-36339-090-5.
- 2021: Florida. Éditions Finitude. p. 256. ISBN 978-2-36339-146-9.
References
[edit]- ^ "Olivier Bourdeaut". January 2016. Retrieved 29 January 2016..
- ^ Éric Cabanas (2016). "Le roman du Nantais Olivier Bourdeaut fait sensation". Retrieved 29 January 2016.
- ^ L'emballant Olivier Bourdeaut, prix du Roman des étudiants France Culture - Télérama
- ^ González Cueto, Irene (2017-09-20). ""Esperando a mister Bojangles" de Olivier Bourdeaut". Cultural Resuena (in European Spanish).
- ^ Olivier Bourdeaut, un premier roman qui rafle la mise on Le Figaro (28 January 2016)
- ^ Retenez bien ce nom : Olivier Bourdeaut by Jérôme Garcin in Le Nouvel Observateur 11 January 2016.
- ^ Bojangles bien arrivé, Bourdeaut aussi by Pierre Assouline on La République des livres 12 February 2016.
External links
[edit]- Oliver Bourdeaut on Babelio
- Olivier Bourdeaut, ou la revanche d'un "loser" magnifique on L'Express (28 March 216)
- Qui est Olivier Bourdeaut auteur du roman "En attendant Bojangles" ? on Marie-Claire (25 May 2016)
- Entretien avec Olivier Bourdeaut, En attendant Bojangles on Lecthot (19 April 2016)
