Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt
Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt is an author and playwright known and appreciated the world over. His novels have been translated into more than 32 languages, and several of his books have held the top slot on international best-seller lists for months (especially in France, Germany and Italy). Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran (Monsieur Ibrahim and the Flowers of the Koran, Albin Michel, 2002) as well as Oscar et la dame rose (Oscar and the Lady in Pink, Albin Michel, 2002) were published simultaneously in one volume in the United States by The Other Press in 2004. The Sony Pictures Classics film adaptation starring Omar Sharif has received worldwide recognition.