Pascal Quignard
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Pascal Quignard is a French
France
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 writer born in Verneuil-sur-Avre
Verneuil-sur-Avre
Verneuil-sur-Avre is a commune in the Eure department in Haute-Normandie in northern France.-History:In August 1424 during the Hundred Years' War the battle of Verneuil was fought just to the north of the town...

, Eure
Eure
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. In 2002
2002 in literature
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 his novel Les Ombres errantes won the Prix Goncourt
Prix Goncourt
The Prix Goncourt is a prize in French literature, given by the académie Goncourt to the author of "the best and most imaginative prose work of the year"...

, France's top literary prize. Terrasse à Rome (Terrasse in Rome), received the French Academy prize in 2000. In 1980 Carus had been awarded the "Prix des Critiques".

One of Quignard's most commented works are perhaps his eighty-four "Little Treatises", first published in 1991 by Maeght. But his most popular book is probably Tous les matins du monde
Tous les matins du monde
All the World's Mornings may refer to:*All the World's Mornings , 1991 historical novel by French author Pascal Quignard, focusing on future composer Marin Marais' apprenticeship with austere cellist Sainte-Colombe; original title Tous les matins du monde*Tous les Matins du Monde, 1991 French film...

(All the Mornings in the World), about 17th-century viola de gamba player Marin Marais
Marin Marais
Marin Marais was a French composer and viol player. He studied composition with Jean-Baptiste Lully, often conducting his operas, and with master of the bass viol Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe for 6 months. He was hired as a musician in 1676 to the royal court of Versailles...

 and his teacher, Sainte-Colombe
Sainte-Colombe
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, which was adapted for the screen in 1991, by director Alain Corneau
Alain Corneau
Alain Corneau was a French film director and writer.Corneau was born in Meung-sur-Loire, Loiret. Originally a musician, he worked with Costa-Gavras as an assistant, which was also his first opportunity to work with the actor Yves Montand, with whom he would collaborate three times later in his...

. Quignard wrote the screenplay of the film, in collaboration with Corneau. Tous les matins du monde
Tous les matins du monde (film)
Tous les matins du monde is a 1991 French film based on the book of the same name....

, starring Jean-Pierre Marielle
Jean-Pierre Marielle
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, Gérard Depardieu
Gérard Depardieu
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 and son Guillaume Depardieu
Guillaume Depardieu
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, 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 made musician Jordi Savall
Jordi Savall
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 an international star.

Quignard has also translated works from the Latin (Albucius, Porcius Latro), Chinese (Kong-souen Long), and Greek (Lycophron).

Six of his books are available in English: Albucius (The Lapis Press), The Salon in Württemberg (Grove Weidenfeld), All the World's Mornings (Graywolf Press), Sarx and On Wooden Tablets: Apronenia Avitia (Burning Deck), and The Roving Shadows (Seagull Books).

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