Marc Dugain (born 1957) is a French novelist and film director, best known for (English, The Officers' Ward) (1999), a novel set in World War I.Cultures France: New Writing
Dugain was born in Senegal and studied at the Institut d'études politiques de Grenoble. He worked in finance, created a financial engineering company and was also a teacher and lecturer in finance at Emlyon Business School.
His prize-winning first novel was made into a successful film in 2001.
Bibliography La Chambre des officiers], Éditions JC Lattès, 1999. Translated to English as The Officer's Ward, by Howard Curtis, Phoenix House (UK) 2000, Soho Press (USA) 2001. Campagne anglaise, 2000. Heureux comme Dieu en France, 2002. La Malédiction d'Edgar, Gallimard, 2005. Une exécution ordinaire, Gallimard, 2007. En bas, les nuages, Flammarion, 2008. L'Insomnie des étoiles, Gallimard, 2010. Avenue des géants, Gallimard, 2012. Translated to English by Howard Curtis as Avenue of the Giants, Europa Editions, 2014. L'Homme nu. La dictature invisible du numérique (avec Christophe Labbé), éditions Robert Laffont et Plon, 2016. Transparence, Gallimard, 2019. La volonté, Gallimard, 2021.
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