Patrick Lapeyre Explained

Patrick Lapeyre (pronounced as /fr/) is a French writer, and winner of the Prix Femina, 2010, for his seventh novel, La vie est brève et le désir sans fin.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Lapeyre was born in 1949 in Pantin. He attended the École Normale Supérieure with Alain Finkielkraut and Pascal Bruckner before studying literature at the Sorbonne. After becoming a teacher, he published his first novel, Le corps inflammable, in 1984. He received the Prix du Livre Inter in 2004 for L'Homme-soeur^[2] and the Prix Femina in 2010 for La vie est brève et le désir sans fin.

Bibliography

• Le corps inflammable (novel, 1984); J'ai lu, 1988,
• La lenteur de l'avenir (novel, 1987); Editions Gallimard, 2008,
• Ludo et compagnie (novel), P.O.L, 1991,
• Welcome to Paris (novel), P.O.L., 1994,
• Sissy, c'est moi (novel), P.O.L, 1998,
• L'Homme-soeur (novel, 2004), P.O.L., 2005,
• La vie est brève et le désir sans fin (novel), P.O.L., Paris 2010,
  • Life Is Short and Desire Endless, (translated by Adriana Hunter). Other Press, 2012,

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tous les lauréats du Prix Femina. 2 February 2011.
2. News: Le prix Femina à Patrick Lapeyre pour un trio amoureux inoubliable. 2 February 2011. Le Point. 2 November 2010.
3. News: Patrick Lapeyre remporte le prix Femina. Le Monde . November 2, 2010 .