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{{short description|French author of Belgian descent (born 1960)}}
[[File:Paris - Salon du livre 2013 - Didier Van Cauwelaert 002.jpg|thumb|2013]]
'''Didier Van Cauwelaert''' ({{IPA|fr|didje vɑ̃ kovlaʁt}}; born 29 July 1960) is a French author and director of [[Belgians|Belgian]] descent who was born in [[Nice]]. In 1994 his novel ''[[One-Way|Un Aller simple]]'' won the [[Prix Goncourt]].

In 1997 he was awarded the [[Grand prix du théâtre (Académie française)|Grand prix du théâtre de l’Académie française]].

== Works ==
* ''Vingt ans et des poussières'' (1982)
* ''Poisson d'amour'' (1984)
* ''Les vacances du fantôme'' (1986)
* ''L'orange amère'' (1988)
* ''Un objet en souffrance'' (1991)
* ''Cheyenne'' (1993)
* ''[[One-Way|Un aller simple]]'' (1994) / One-Way (2003)
* ''La vie interdite'' (1997)
* ''Corps étranger'' (1998)
* ''La demi-pensionnaire'' (1999)
* ''L'éducation d'une fée'' (2000)
* ''L'Apparition'' (2001)
* ''Rencontre sous X'' (2002)
* ''[[Amour (musical)|Amour]]'' (2002)
* ''Hors de moi'' / ''Out of My Head'' (2003), used as the basis for the 2011 motion picture ''[[Unknown (2011 film)|Unknown]]''.
* ''L'évangile de Jimmy'' (2004)
* ''Attirances'' (2005)
* ''Cloner le Christ ?'' (2005)
* ''Le père adopté'' (2007)
* ''La nuit dernière au XVe siècle'' (2008)
* ''Les témoins de la mariée'' (2010)
* ''Le journal intime d'un arbre'' (2011)
* ''La femme de nos vies'' (2013)
* ''Le Principe de Pauline'' (2014)
* ''Jules'' (2015)
* ''On dirait nous'' (2016)
* ''Le Retour de Jules'' (2017)
* ''J'ai perdu Albert'' (2018)
* ''La personne de confiance'' (2019)
* ''L'inconnue du 17 mars'' (2020)
* ''Le pouvoir des animaux'' (2021)
* ''L'insolence des miracles'' (2023)

==Filmography==
* 1992: ''[[Les amies de ma femme|My Wife's Girlfriends]]''
* 2018: ''[[J'ai perdu Albert]]''

==External links==
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* {{in lang|fr}} [http://www.van-cauwelaert.com/ Official site]
* {{IMDb name|0885857}}
* {{IBDB name|101201}}

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[[Category:20th-century French novelists]]
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[[Category:Writers from Nice]]
[[Category:Prix Goncourt winners]]
[[Category:French people of Belgian descent]]
[[Category:French male novelists]]
[[Category:Roger Nimier Prize winners]]
[[Category:20th-century French male writers]]
[[Category:21st-century French male writers]]