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Pascal Quignard (French:[kiɲaʁ]; born 23 April 1948) is a French writer born in Verneuil-sur-Avre, Eure.[1] In 2002 his novel Les Ombres errantes (The Roving Shadows) won the Prix Goncourt, France's top literary prize.[2]Terrasse à Rome (A Terrace in Rome), received the French Academy prize in 2000. In 1980 Carus had been awarded the Prix des Critiques. He also won the 2023 Prix Formentor.
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Among Quignard's most commented-upon works are his eighty-four "Little Treatises" (Petits traités), first published in 1990 by Maeght. But his most popular book is probably All the World's Mornings (Tous les matins du monde), about 17th-century viola de gamba player Marin Marais and his teacher, Sainte-Colombe, which was adapted for the screen in 1991, by director Alain Corneau. Quignard wrote the screenplay of the film, in collaboration with Corneau. Tous les matins du monde, starring Jean-Pierre Marielle, Gérard Depardieu and son Guillaume Depardieu, was a tremendous success in France and sold 2 million tickets in the first year. It was subsequently distributed in 31 countries, and released in 1992 in the United States. The soundtrack was certified platinum (500,000 copies) and contributed to musician Jordi Savall’s international celebrity.
Quignard has also translated works from the Latin (Porcius Latro), Chinese (Kong-souen Long), and Greek (Lycophron).
Sur le jadis (Grasset, 2002). The Fount of Time, trans. Chris Turner (Seagull Books, 2021)
Abîmes (Grasset, 2002). Abysses, trans. Chris Turner (Seagull Books, 2015)
Les Paradisiaques (Grasset, 2005)
Sordidissimes (Grasset, 2005)
La Barque silencieuse (Le Seuil, 2009). The Silent Crossing, trans. Chris Turner (Seagull Books, 2013)
Les Désarçonnés (Grasset, 2012). The Unsaddled, trans. John Taylor (Seagull Books, 2023)
Vie secrète (Gallimard, 1997)
Mourir de penser (Grasset, 2014). Dying of Thinking, trans. John Taylor (Seagull Books, 2024)
L'Enfant d'Ingolstadt (Grasset, 2018)
L'Homme aux trois lettres (Grasset, 2020)
Les Heures heureuses (Albin Michel, 2023)
Terrasse à Rome (Gallimard, 2000). A Terrace in Rome, trans. Douglas Penick and Charles Ré (Wakefield Press, 2016)
Requiem (Galilée, 2006)
Villa Amalia (Gallimard, 2006). Villa Amalia, trans. Chris Turner (Seagull Books, 2018)
Le Petit Cupidon (Galilée, 2006)
Les Solidarités mystérieuses (Gallimard, 2011). Mysterious Solidarities, trans. Chris Turner (Seagull Books, 2021)
Les Larmes (Grasset, 2016). The Tears, trans. Chris Turner (Seagull Books, 2023)
Dans ce jardin qu'on aimait (Grasset, 2017)
L'Amour, la Mer (Gallimard, 2022)
Short stories
Éthelrude et Wolframm (Galilée, 2006)
Le Secret du domaine, illustrations by Jean Garonnaire (Éditions de l’Amitié, 1980). Reprinted in 2006 under the title L'Enfant au visage couleur de la mort
