Olivier Bourdeaut (born 1980. in Nantes, Loire-Atlantique) is a French contemporary writer.
His first novel, Waiting for Bojangles (En attendant Bojangles), published in January 2016 at , was awarded the 2016 Prix France Culture/Télérama,L'emballant Olivier Bourdeaut, prix du Roman des étudiants France Culture - Télérama the 2016 Grand prix RTL-Lire, the 2016 Prix Emmanuel Roblès and the 2016 Prix France Télévisions.
Biography Olivier Bourdeaut was a real estate agent in Nantes when the loss of his work led him to devote himself to literature. He worked for two years writing a first novel, dark, which however found no publisher. While residing with his parents in Spain he devoted himself to the writing, in seven weeks, of another light and wacky novel that would become En attendant Bojangles.Olivier Bourdeaut, un premier roman qui rafle la mise on Le Figaro (28 January 2016) Published by éditions Finitude, the first to acquire its rights, the book received the enthusiastic support of Jérôme Garcin in Le Nouvel Observateur,Retenez bien ce nom : Olivier Bourdeaut by Jérôme Garcin in Le Nouvel Observateur 11 January 2016. and immediately met an enormous success with the public.Bojangles bien arrivé, Bourdeaut aussi by Pierre Assouline on La République des livres 12 February 2016.
Work 2016: 2019: 2018: 2021:
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External links Oliver Bourdeaut on Babelio Olivier Bourdeaut, ou la revanche d'un "loser" magnifique on L'Express (28 March 216) Qui est Olivier Bourdeaut auteur du roman "En attendant Bojangles" ? on Marie-Claire (25 May 2016) Entretien avec Olivier Bourdeaut, En attendant Bojangles on Lecthot (19 April 2016)