Philippe Claudel

A writer whose works have been translated worldwide, he is also a film-maker and playwright. His books include Les Âmes grises, La Petite Fille de Monsieur Linh, Le Rapport de Brodeck, L'Arbre du pays Toraja, L'Archipel du Chien and Crépuscule. General Secretary of the Académie Goncourt, he lives in Lorraine, where he was born in 1962.