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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.
A keen music-lover and a gifted musician, Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt produced French libretti for the operas The Marriage of Figaro and Don Giovanni. He has also written a book about Mozart, My Life with Mozart, a strikingly original collection of private correspondence with the composer.
Within a decade, Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt has become one of the most read and acted French-language writers in the world. His books have been translated into 43 languages, and more than 50 countries regularly perform his plays.
Apr 3, 2024 · At the heart of Enigma, an operatic adaptation by Patrick Burgan of author Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt’s play Enigma Variations, two men come face to face in a highly confidential setting and draw us into an uncanny emotional labyrinth.
Making the Real Appear: Schmitt's "Enigma Variations" as a "Traversal of the Fantasy". This essay draws upon the recent work of Alenka Zupančič and Slavoj Žižek to explore Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt's. Enigma Variations. The play gives acute expression to their "Lacanian" mode of comedy, staging a "traversal of.
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.
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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.
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