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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.
Music. VIRTUAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY. “On 28 March 1960, my mother gave birth to twins, Eric and Emmanuel. According to the astrologists she consulted, one was destined to become a writer, the other a musician.
Apr 3, 2024 · We spoke with classical music-loving author Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt. Music: another world within our world. Ever since the day when his aunt Aimée sat down to play Chopin on the family home’s piano, music never ceased to captivate the young Éric-Emmanuel.
One day, his mother took him to the Théâtre des Célestins to see a performance of Edmond Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac starring Jean Marais. Her son was moved to tears and the seeds of his passion for the theatre were sown.
In two decades, Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt has become one of the most widely read and performed French-language authors in the world. Acclaimed by audiences and critics alike, his plays have won several Molières and the French Academy’s Grand Prix du Théâtre.
Translated into over 40 languages and performed in 50 countries, Schmitt's fame has long surpassed his homeland, serving as a testament to the quality of his creations. Born in Alsace, Schmitt was raised as an atheist by his parents but later converted to agnosticism and then Christianity.
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.
