- Philippe Delerm
Infobox Writer
name = Philippe Delerm
imagesize = 25
birthdate = birth date and age|1950|11|27|df=yes
birthplace =Auvers-sur-Oise , flagicon|France
occupation =Author
alma_mater =Paris X University Nanterre
genre =Novel ,Novella
notableworks = "La première gorgée de bière"
children =Vincent Delerm
awards = "Prix des Libraires"Philippe Delerm (born
November 27 ,1950 inAuvers-sur-Oise ) is a French writer, whose collection of short stories "La Première gorgée de bière et autres plaisirs minuscules" has sold more than one million copies in France.Writing career
After a happy childhood with his teacher parents, Philippe Delerm pursued literary studies at
Nanterre before becoming a teacher himself. In 1975, he married and moved to Beaumont-le-Roger inEure and taught French Literature at the Marie Curie Collège (Secondary School) inBernay . The first manuscripts which Delerm sent in from 1976 were refused by publishers.In 1983, 'La Cinquième saison' aroused interest in the author, however his first major success came in 1997 with the release of "La Première gorgée de bière et autres plaisirs minuscules". A collection of 35 short stories each of one or two pages in length, "La Première gorgée de bière et autres plaisirs minuscules" describes the joys that can be taken in the "insignificant things" that make up life. It was translated into English as "The Small Pleasures of Life" (also known as "We Could Almost Eat Outside: An appreciation of life's small pleasures") by Sarah Hamp.
Delerm ended his teaching career in 2007 in order to concentrate on his writing on a full-time basis.
Family
Delerm is the father of
singer-songwriter Vincent Delerm .Bibliography
* "Dickens, barbe à papa et autres nourritures délectables"
* "Enregistrements pirates"
* "La Première gorgée de bière et autres plaisirs minuscules" ("The Small Pleasures of Life" ISBN 1861591160; "We Could Almost Eat Outside: An appreciation of life's small pleasures" ISBN 0312203640)
* "La Cinquième saison"
* "Le Portique"
* "La Fille du Bouscat"
* "Il avait plu tout le dimanche"
* "Sortilège au muséum"
* "Sunborn ou Les Jours de lumière"
* "En pleine lucarne"
* "La Sieste assassinée"
* "Les Chemins nous inventent"
* "Mister Mouse ou La Métaphysique du terrier"
* "Autumn"
* "L'Envol"
* "Un Été pour mémoire"
* "Panier de fruits"
* "Le Buveur de temps"
* "Les Amoureux de l'hôtel de ville"
* "La Bulle de Tiepolo"
* "Elle s'appelait Marine"
* "Le Bonheur. Tableaux et bavardages"
* "Le Miroir de ma mère"
* "C'est bien"
* "Rouen"
* "C'est toujours bien"
* "À Garonne"
* "Paris l'instant"
* "La tranchée d'Arenberg et autres voluptés sportives"External links
* [http://auteurs.contemporain.info/philippe-delerm/ Critical bibliography (Auteurs.contemporain.info)] fr icon
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