Philippe Delerm

Philippe Delerm
Philippe Delerm
	Philippe Delerm in March 2010.
Born	November 27, 1950; Auvers-sur-Oise, Val-d'Oise, France
Occupation	Author
Alma mater	Paris X University Nanterre
Genre	Novel, Novella, Essay
Notable works	La première gorgée de bière
Notable awards	Prix des Libraires
Children	Vincent Delerm

Philippe Delerm (born November 27, 1950 in Auvers-sur-Oise, Val-d'Oise, France) is a French writer whose collection of essays La Première gorgée de bière et autres plaisirs minuscules 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 Martine Chosson, moved to Beaumont-le-Roger in Eure, and taught French Literature at the Marie Curie Collège (Secondary School) in Bernay. The first manuscripts which Delerm sent in from 1976 were refused by publishers.

In 1983, La Cinquième saison aroused interest in the author, and he won the 1990 Prix Alain-Fournier for his novel Autumn. He achieved his first major success in 1997 with the release of La Première gorgée de bière et autres plaisirs minuscules, a collection of 35 essays or meditations, each one or two pages in length, describing 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 full-time.

Sports journalism

As an amateur athlete in track & field, Delerm collaborated with the French sports newspaper L'Equipe for the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, writing a daily piece for one of the track & field events. In August 2008, he was invited by France Television to be a commentator for track & field events at the Beijing Olympics.

He also covered the 2009 French Open.

Family

Delerm is married to children's book illustrator Martine Delerm, with whom he has one son, 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 1-86159-116-0; We Could Almost Eat Outside: An appreciation of life's small pleasures ISBN 0-312-20364-0)
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
Quelque chose en lui de Bartleby
Et vous avez eu beau temps?

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External links

(in French) Critical bibliography (Auteurs.contemporain.info)

References

Coverage of the 2009 French Open by Philippe Delerm

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