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Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt's parents were teachers of physical education and sport, and his father later became a physiotherapist and masseur in paediatric hospitals. He was also a French boxing champion while his mother was a medal-winning runner. His grandfather was an artisan jeweller.
La Part de l'autre ("The Part of The Other", also called "The Alternative Hypothesis") is a 2001 alternate history novel by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt, the plot serving to illustrate the writer's ideas of Moral Philosophy.
Oscar and the Lady in Pink (French: Oscar et la dame rose) is a novel written by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt, the third part of the series « Cycle de l'invisible », published in 2002.
- Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt
- 2002
Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt’s Oscar and the Lady in Pink was published in 2002 as part of Schmitt’s larger Cycle of the Invisible series. Each story in the series stands alone and deals with questions of spirituality from different faith and thought traditions.
In 2019, he published Le Journal d’un amour perdu (Diary of a Lost Love) about his mother who influenced his whole life. A deeply personal and intimate text, the book manages to turn the experience of death into a splendid lesson for life. Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt lives in Brussels. The French editions of all his works are published by Albin Michel.
Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt is one of Europe’s most popular and acclaimed authors and playwrights. His many novels and story collections include The Most Beautiful Book in the World (Europa, 2009). In 2001, he was awarded the French Academy’s Grand Prix du Théâtre.
Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt's parents were teachers of physical education and sport, and his father later became a physiotherapist and masseur in paediatric hospitals. He was also a French boxing champion while his mother was a medal-winning runner. His grandfather was an artisan jeweller.
