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Antoine Laurain
February 24 @ 1:45 PM – 2:45 PM
Antoine Laurain is a novelist, screenwriter, journalist, director and collector of antique keys. A truly born and bred Parisian, after studying film, he began his career directing short films and writing screenplays. His passion for art led him to take a job assisting an antiques dealer in Paris.
Published on the eve of the French presidential elections of 2012, Antoine’s fairytale-like novel The President’s Hat was acclaimed by critics, readers and booksellers, who awarded it the Prix Landerneau Découvertes. The English translation was a Waterstones Book Club and ABA Indies Introduce pick, and a Kindle Top 5 bestseller.
Antoine Laurain’s novels have been translated into over twenty languages, including Arabic and Korean. Sales of his books across all formats in English have surpassed 250,000 copies, and The Red Notebook (2015) has become one of Gallic Books’ bestsellers both in the UK and the USA, and HM The Queen called it ‘Parisian perfection.’
Presented by Limerick Literary Festival in Honour of Kate O’Brien
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