Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt
Author of Mr. Ibrahim and the Flowers of the Koran
About the Author
Image credit: Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt on March 30, 2011 in Madrid, Spain
Series
Works by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt
Monsieur Ibrahim and the Flowers of the Koran / Oscar and the Lady in Pink (2004) 73 copies, 1 review
Quand je pense que Beethoven est mort alors que tant de crétins vivent ; Kiki van Beethoven (1CD audio) (2010) 62 copies, 1 review
La Nuit de Valognes - Le Visiteur - Le Bataillon - L'Ecole du diable (1991) — Author — 54 copies, 2 reviews
Theatre 3 Frederick/Petits Crimes/Hotel Monde (Ldp Litterature) (French Edition) (2006) 14 copies, 1 review
Oscar and the Lady in Pink / Mr. Ibrahim and the Flowers of the Koran / Noah's Child (2008) 9 copies
Milarepa ; Meneer Ibrahim en de bloemen van de Koran ; Oscar en oma Rozerood (2002) 8 copies, 1 review
Mes maîtres de bonheur: Ma vie avec Mozart ; Quand je pense que Beethoven est mort alors que tant de crétins vivent... ; Le mystère Bizet (2017) 8 copies
Schmitt Plays: 1: Don Juan on Trial; The Visitor; Enigma Variations; Between Worlds (Contemporary Dramatists) (2002) 7 copies
La taupe qui voyait loin. 5 copies
24 heures de la vie d'une femme d'Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt - Classiques et Contemporains (2016) 5 copies
Diderot Ou La Philosophie de La Seduction (Collections Sciences - Sciences Humaines) (French Edition) (1997) 5 copies
La Nuit Porte Conseil 3 copies
Qui s'y Frotte s'y Pique 2 copies
Gesammelte Stücke: Frederick oder Boulevard des Verbrechens / Der Besucher / Der Freigeist / Enigma (1999) 2 copies
Les murs ont des oreilles 2 copies
Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran: [Sceaux, Théâtre les Gémaux, décembre 1999] (2001) 2 copies
La Tectonique des sentiments, Kiki von Beethoven, Un homme trop facile, The Guitrys (Théâtre, Tome 4 (2016) 2 copies
Espaces littéraires. À la recherche du bonheur: Anthologie de nouvelles francophones. Lektüre (2008) 2 copies
Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran. CD: Interaktives Hörbuch Französich. Ausgewählte Originaltexte auf CD, Über (2004) 1 copy
L'aigle qui avait le vertige 1 copy
Schmitt Eric-Emmanuel 1 copy
La carpe qui parlait trop 1 copy
L'Ecrivain - Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt - Entretien inédit par Jean-Luc Hees: Livre audio 1CD audio (2016) 1 copy
N'y va pas par 4 chemins 1 copy
L Evangile Selon Pilate (Ldp Litterature) (French Edition) by Eric Emmanuel Schitt (2005-04-01) 1 copy
Światło szczęścia 1 copy
OSCAR Y MAMI ROSE 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Schmitt, Eric-Emmanuel
- Legal name
- Schmitt, Éric-Emmanuel
- Birthdate
- 1960-03-28
- Gender
- male
- Education
- Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris (philosophy)
- Occupations
- novelist
fiction writer
director
dramatist - Organizations
- Lycée militaire de Saint-Cyr
Université de Besançon
Lycée de Cherbourg
Université de Chambéry
Théâtre Rive Gauche, Paris, France (Co-Direction, 2012) - Awards and honors
- Académie française (Grand Prix du théâtre ∙ 2001)
- Relationships
- Grimaldi, Nicolas (Directeur de thèse)
- Short biography
- En une dizaine d’années, Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt est devenu un des auteurs francophones les plus lus et les plus représentés dans le monde.
Né en 1960, normalien, agrégé de philosophie, docteur, il s’est d’abord fait connaître au théâtre avec Le Visiteur, cette rencontre hypothétique entre Freud et peut-être Dieu, devenue un classique du répertoire international. Rapidement, d’autres succès ont suivi : Variations énigmatiques, Le Libertin, Hôtel des deux mondes, Petits crimes conjugaux, Mes Evangiles, La Tectonique des sentiments… Plébiscitées tant par le public que par la critique, ses pièces ont été récompensées par plusieurs Molière et le Grand Prix du théâtre de l’Académie française. Son œuvre est désormais jouée dans plus de quarante pays.
Il écrit le Cycle de l’Invisible, quatre récits sur l’enfance et la spiritualité, qui rencontrent un immense succès aussi bien sur scène qu’en librairie : Milarepa, Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran, Oscar et la dame rose et L’Enfant de Noé. Une carrière de romancier, initiée par La Secte des égoïstes, absorbe une grande partie de son énergie depuis L’Evangile selon Pilate, livre lumineux dont La Part de l’autre se veut le côté sombre. Depuis, on lui doit Lorsque j’étais une œuvre d’art, une variation fantaisiste et contemporaine sur le mythe de Faust et une autofiction, Ma Vie avec Mozart, une correspondance intime et originale avec le compositeur de Vienne. Deux recueils de nouvelles se sont ajoutés récemment: Odette Toulemonde et autres histoires, 8 destins de femmes à la recherche du bonheur, est inspiré par son premier film tandis que la rêveuse d'Ostende est un bel hommage au pouvoir de l'imagination.
En 2006 il écrit et réalise son premier film: Odette Toulemonde. (Sortie le 7 février 2007)
Amoureux de musique, Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt a également signé la traduction française des Noces de Figaro et de Don Giovanni. Toujours curieux, il ouvre en permanence de nouvelles portes, tend de nouveaux miroirs, pour notre plus grand plaisir.
Il vit à Bruxelles et toutes ses œuvres en français sont éditées par Albin Michel. - Nationality
- France (birth)
Belgium - Birthplace
- Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon, Rhone, France
- Places of residence
- Lyon, France
Paris, France
Brussels, Belgium - Map Location
- France
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Reviews
Stupendo. Il testo è diviso in due parti: la prima, il prologo, assolutamente eccezionale, in cui Jeshua stesso parla in prima persona, durante l'attesa dell'arresto, nel Getsemani. Racconta la sua vita in prima persona in un modo assolutamente convincente e verosimile. Racconta il dubbio, le difficoltà. Racconta il lato umano. Un racconto della sua vita, del suo acquisire consapevolezza, dei suoi dubbi, delle sue paure, della sua (parola testuale) "scommessa". Ho scommesso, dice. Ed è show more quello che continuano a fare i credenti ogni volta che fanno un atto di fede. Perché non c'è certezza. Per nessuno che sia carne. Nemmeno per Cristo. Un testo meraviglioso, quasi sacro. Nella seconda parte invece segue il vero e proprio vangelo di Pilato, in cui racconta sempre in prima persona la sua ricerca, prima criminologica, poi filosofica e infine di fede. Fede che non afferrerà completamente ma che lo coinvolge, almeno nella finzione, da vicino. La seconda parte è un po' più noiosa, forse troppo lunga. Ma la prima merita davvero. Il libro ovviamente è molto più godibile per persone che abbiano una certa familiarità coi testi sacri, visto l'argomento, ma ha un suo fascino anche per chi vuole un punto di vista diverso. Inoltre Pilato nel suo avvicinarsi all'incomprensibile non risparmia certo i suoi dubbi che sia tutta una farsa. E' un testo profondo e che fa riflettere in ogni caso. Felicissima di averlo scoperto. show less
A set of five stories of various lengths, in Schmitt's characteristic romantic / realist mode — last time I read one of his books I compared it to a Willy Russell film. The title story is the most striking situation: a rather conservative gay couple (a jeweller and a set-designer) sneak into the back of Brussels Cathedral and exchange their own vows behind a pillar whilst the priest is marrying a couple of strangers at the altar. Subsequently, they feel a strange compulsion to follow the show more progress of Genevieve and Eddy and their children through their rather ordinary working-class life, with unexpected results. There's also a story about an Auschwitz survivor who can only reconcile himself towards humanity with the help of his dog, a trick-story about a man who marries a widow to get closer to her deceased first husband, a dark story about a woman's relationship with her son and her nephew set against the eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in 2010, and a middle-aged couple whose relationship is shattered by the difficult decision whether to bring a child into the world with an inherited disease. And the customary Schmitt afterword explaining where these stories came from — mostly from train journeys, it seems, in this case.
Very agreeable to read: written with a light, ironic touch, and with some lovely original turns of phrase, but not shying away from difficult subject-matter.. show less
Very agreeable to read: written with a light, ironic touch, and with some lovely original turns of phrase, but not shying away from difficult subject-matter.. show less
Khi đã đọc đến 3/4 cuốn sách vẫn cho rằng đấy là 2 con người với 2 câu chuyện riêng rẽ, tách biệt. Về sau mới bắt đầu thấy được mối liên hệ, bắt đầu ghép nối 2 mảnh rời đó lại thành một chỉnh thể duy nhất mà thực ra trong đó bao hàm rất nhiều những phân mảnh có phần đối nghịch tồn tại độc lập trong những chiều không gian khác nhau, chịu tác động từ những hoàn cảnh show more khác nhau. Lựa chọn quyết định số mệnh cá nhân và lịch sử nhân loại. Phần ngoài sáng và phần được kềm giữ trong bóng tối (con quỷ dữ tồn tại trong mỗi con người). Cuồng tín và chứng loạn thần kinh. Chiến tranh và nghệ thuật. Và nét chấm đỏ đáng yêu: Mười-một-giờ-rưỡi. Một cuốn sách gây nên nhiều hứng thú cho người đọc có nhiều thời gian để nhấm nháp những chi tiết, một hành trình khá thú vị. show less
A collection of short stories, all with female protagonists. Schmitt tells us they were written ("illegally") in intervals of dead time during the making of his film Odette Toulemonde. The story of the same name in this book is a different working out of the idea of the film, where a Famous Writer turns up, in search of the secret of happiness, on the Charleroi doorstep of the working class widow Odette who has written him a fan-letter. (Think "Belgian Willy Russell"...)
"Le plus beau livre show more du monde" (title story of the English version of this collection) is apparently a true story, told to Schmitt during a visit to Russia, and describes how a group of women prisoners in Siberia got the chance to smuggle out a collective letter to their children, and had to decide how how to use those few lines most effectively.
Otherwise, it's fairly standard short-story territory: A wealthy serial divorcée meets the man she manipulated into initiating her sexually, decades ago; a happily married woman changes her hairstyle and discovers that a lot of the past needs to be rewritten; a woman who has trouble accepting the imperfection of the world around her finds a way to happiness through talking about the weather; a bad actor finds out the truth about the happy night he shared with a beautiful woman many years before; we see the frightening reality of dementia from the inside.
It's all treated very smoothly and sympathetically, there are plenty of little jokes and nice bits of observation, and the characters are agreeable people to spend time with. But the stories move towards the obligatory twist in a slightly too orderly fashion, almost as though they are being prepared as examples for a writing workshop, and someone should have told Schmitt that you can't get away with so many sudden heart attacks in one book. (If you are ever cast as a character in a Schmitt story, consult your cardiologist before agreeing!) show less
"Le plus beau livre show more du monde" (title story of the English version of this collection) is apparently a true story, told to Schmitt during a visit to Russia, and describes how a group of women prisoners in Siberia got the chance to smuggle out a collective letter to their children, and had to decide how how to use those few lines most effectively.
Otherwise, it's fairly standard short-story territory: A wealthy serial divorcée meets the man she manipulated into initiating her sexually, decades ago; a happily married woman changes her hairstyle and discovers that a lot of the past needs to be rewritten; a woman who has trouble accepting the imperfection of the world around her finds a way to happiness through talking about the weather; a bad actor finds out the truth about the happy night he shared with a beautiful woman many years before; we see the frightening reality of dementia from the inside.
It's all treated very smoothly and sympathetically, there are plenty of little jokes and nice bits of observation, and the characters are agreeable people to spend time with. But the stories move towards the obligatory twist in a slightly too orderly fashion, almost as though they are being prepared as examples for a writing workshop, and someone should have told Schmitt that you can't get away with so many sudden heart attacks in one book. (If you are ever cast as a character in a Schmitt story, consult your cardiologist before agreeing!) show less
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