Gilles Leroy

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Gilles Leroy
Born	(1958-12-28) December 28, 1958 (age 62) Bagneux, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Occupation	Novelist
Website
www.gillesleroy.net

Gilles Leroy (born December 28, 1958, in Bagneux, Hauts-de-Seine) is a French writer.^[1] He studied at the Lycée Lakanal in Sceaux, which appears in his 1996 novel Les Maîtres du monde as the "Lycée Ducasse". His novel Alabama song won the Prix Goncourt in 2007.^[2]

Bibliography[]

Novels and short stories

• 1987 : Habibi, novel, () ;
• 1990 : Maman est morte, novel, () ;
• 1991 : Les Derniers seront les premiers, short story, (Mercure de France) ;
• 1992 : Madame X, roman, (Mercure de France) ;
• 1994 : Les Jardins publics, novel, (Mercure de France) ;
• 1996 : Les Maîtres du monde, novel, (Mercure de France) ;
• 1998 : Machines à sous, novel, (Mercure de France) ;
• 2000 : Soleil noir, novel, (Mercure de France) ;
• 2002 : L'Amant russe, novel, (Mercure de France) ;
• 2004 : Grandir, novel, (Mercure de France) ;
• 2005 : Champsecret, novel, (Mercure de France) ;
• 2007 : Alabama song, novel, (Mercure de France), Goncourt Prize 2007 ;
• 2010 : Zola Jackson, novel, (Mercure de France) .

Theatre

• 2005 : Le Jour des fleurs,
• SPY, 2008.

See also[]

• Contemporary French literature
• List of LGBT writers

Awards[]

• 1992 : Prix Nanterre de la nouvelle for Les Derniers seront les premiers.
• 1999 : Prix Valery Larbaud for Machines à sous.
• 2004 : Prix Millepages, Prix Cabourg for Grandir.
• 2005 : Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres.
• 2007 : Prix Goncourt for Alabama song.
• 2008 : Prix Flaubert des lycéens for Alabama Song.
• 2010 : Prix Eté du Livre for Zola Jackson.

References[]

External links[]

• Official Website