Jean-Michel Guenassia
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Jean-Michel Guenassia | |
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 Jean-Michel Guenassia | |
| Born | 1950 (age 74–75) Algiers |
| Nationality | French |
| Notable works | Le Club des incorrigibles optimistes |
| Notable awards | Prix Goncourt des lycéens |
Jean-Michel Guenassia (born 1950 in Algiers) is a French writer.
His novel Le Club des incorrigibles optimistes won the Prix Goncourt des lycéens in November 2009.
A lawyer for six years, Jean-Michel Guenassia lived from his pen by writing screenplays for television. He published a detective novel in 1986, Pour cent millions at Éditions Liana Levi (prix Michel-Lebrun), then had some theatre plays performed,[1] including Grand, beau, fort, avec des yeux noirs brûlants..., in 2008 at festival d'Avignon.
His publisher Albin Michel nonetheless presented Le Club des incorrigibles optimistes issued in 2009 as the first novel of a 59-year-old unknown.[2]
In 2012, he published a second novel, La Vie rêvée d'Ernesto G.
