Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt is a French novelist born on March 28, 1960. He is best known for his works such as The Visitor, The Most Beautiful Book in the World, and Oscar and the Lady in Pink. His net worth, biography, age, height, family, and career updates are widely available online. He has won numerous awards for his works, including the Prix Goncourt des Lycéens and the Grand Prix du Roman de l'Académie Française.
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💰 Net worth: $100K - $1M
Famous for both his plays and his novels, this French-Belgian author penned such award-winning scripts as Monsieur Ibrahim et les Fleurs du Coran and Golden Joe and such novels as When I Was a Work of Art and Oscar and the Lady in Pink. He received the French Academy's 2001 Grand Prix du Théâtre.
He earned an advanced degree in philosophy from Paris' Ecole Normale Supérieure and subsequently taught in northern France. He published his first play, Don Juan on Trial, in 1991, and his debut novel, La Secte des Egoïstes, in 1994.
His fiction series, Le Cycle de l'Invisible, focuses on the theme of harmony among people of different religions.
He grew up in the suburbs of Lyon, France, and later lived in Paris, France and Brussels, Belgium. He became a Belgian citizen in 2008.
Actor Omar Sharif won a 2004 Cesar Award for his starring role in the film adaptation of Schmitt's play Monsieur Ibrahim et les Fleurs du Coran.
