French writer and film director. In addition to his writing, Claudel is a Professor of Literature at the University of Nancy. He directed the 2008 film Ive Loved You So Long (Il y a longtemps que je taime). Much admired, it won the 2009 BAFTA for the best film not in English. His best-known work to date is the novel Les Âmes grises (Grey Souls), which won the Prix Renaudot in France, was shortlisted for the American Gumshoe Award, and won Swedens Martin Beck Award. He won the 2003 Prix Goncourt de la Nouvelle for Les petites mécaniques, and the 2010 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize, for Brodeck’s Report. Link to Wikipedia biography Read less
Public figure Claudel Philippe was born on Friday, February 2, 1962 at 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) in Dombasle-sur-Meurthe, France.