Laurent Binet

Laurent Binet.

Laurent Binet (born July 19, 1972) is a French writer.

The son of a historian,^[1] Laurent Binet was born in Paris. He graduated from the University of Paris with a degree in Literature. He teaches French in a Parisian suburb and also at the University of Saint-Denis.

Binet was awarded the 2010 Prix Goncourt du Premier Roman for his first novel, HHhH.^[2] The novel recounts the assassination of Nazi leader Reinhard Heydrich in 1942.

In August 2012, Binet published Rien ne se passe comme prévu ("Nothing goes as planned"), a behind-the-scenes account of the successful presidential campaign of François Hollande, which Binet witnessed while embedded with Hollande's campaign staff.

Works

• La vie professionnelle de Laurent B. Little big man, 2004, ISBN 978-2-915557-52-7
• HHhH, Grasset & Fasquelle, 2010, ISBN 978-2-246-76001-6
• Rien ne se passe comme prévu, Grasset, 2012, ISBN 978-2-24679933-7

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