Philippe Djian is a French writer of Armenian descent. He is the author of more than 20 novels, including Assassins, Frictions, Impuretés, and the bestseller 37°2 le matin, which was published in the United States as Betty Blue and adapted for film by Jean-Jacques Beineix. His novel Unforgivable was a bestseller in France, and received the 2009 Prix Jean Freustié. Djian talks with novelist and screenwriter A.M. Homes about a life in literature, traveling to America, and much more besides.
PEN BLOGS: • Willard Wood: So it's in a little room at the Maison Française, off Washington Square, well-attended. well-lit, video-recorded, photographed, remembered perhaps, blogged about certainly. [more]
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