Hélène Grémillon
French novelist
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| Intro | French novelist | |
| Places | France | |
| is | Writer Novelist | |
| Work field | Literature | |
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| Birth | 8 February 1977, Poitiers, arrondissement of Poitiers, Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Age | 47 years |
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Biography
Hélène Grémillon (born 8 February 1977 in Poitiers) is a French writer.
Biography
Hélène Grémillon was destined very young to literature. She studied letters and obtained a master's degree, then turned to history, thus obtaining a DEA.
She began writing her first novel, Le Confident . This book, 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. nd 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 of 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.
Works
- 2010: Le Confident, Paris, Éditions Plon, 301 p. ISBN 978-2-259-21251-9.
- 2013: La Garçonnière, Paris, Éditions Flammarion, coll. « Littérature française », 356 p. ISBN 978-2-08-130887-9.