Publication

One day at an exhibition of masks, Beethoven returned to the life of Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt. The writer recalled that he had been passionate about him in his adolescence.

Why did Beethoven withdraw? Why does today's man no longer experience the same emotions, the same romanticism and private storms, the same joy? Who has died? Beethoven or us? And who is the assassin?

Schmitt's essay is followed by Kiki van Beethoven, the story of a radiant woman in her sixties whose life, and the life of her three friends, is changed by music. A fable about lost youth and buried secrets.

"My name is Saad Saad, which means Hope Hope in Arabic..."

Saad wants to leave the chaos of Baghdad for Europe, freedom and a future. But how do you cross borders without a dinar to call your own? How, like Ulysses, do you brave the storms, survive shipwrecks, evade the opium smugglers, turn a deaf ear to the sirens-turned-rock stars, escape the cruelty of a Cyclopean jailer, or tear yourself away from the amorous enchantment of a Sicilian Calypso?

By turns violent, slapstick and tragic, Saad's one-way journey begins. From adventures to tribulations interspersed with conversations with a loving father he can't forget, the novel tells of the exodus of one of the millions of men currently in search of a place on earth: a stowaway. Always a captivating and sympathetic story-teller, Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt offers this picaresque saga for our time and questions the human condition. Are borders the bulwark of our identities, or the last bastion of our illusions?

Concerto in Memory of an Angel

What has a woman who poisons her husbands one after the other to do with an amorous President of the Republic? What is the link between a sailor and an international crook selling religious souvenirs made in China? By what miracle does Saint Rita, patron saint of desperate causes, become the mysterious guide of their lives? 
 
All these heroes might have made amends and chosen light over darkness. Each of them was once offered redemption. Some of them accepted, others refused, a few didn't even notice.
 
In this collection, four stories interweave. Four stories that trace the ordinary and the extraordinary of every life. Four stories that explore the question: are we free or do we all have a fate? Can we change?
Concerto in Memory of an Angel is followed by the diary Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt kept while he wrote the collection.

On sale from 4th March. The title came second on the list of best-sellers (source LivresHebdo).

Le sumo qui ne pouvait pas grossir

Jun is a rebellious teenager running wild on the streets of Tokyo away from his family to whom he refuses to speak.
His encounter with a master sumo wrestler, who spots his potential to be fat despite his slight frame, leads him into one of the most mysterious practices of the martial arts.
Through him, Jun discovers an unimagined world of strength, intelligence and self-acceptance.
But how can he become Zen when he is beset by grief and violence?
How can he become a sumo wrestler when he can't put on weight?Every cloud has a heavenly lining...

Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt's new novella follows Milarepa, Mr Ibrahim and the Flowers of the Koran, Oscar and the Lady in Pink and Noah's Child in the series Le Cycle de l'Invisible, bringing readers a tale about childhood and spirituality that goes right to the source of Zen Buddhism.
N°1 Best seller after 2 weeks (Livres Hebdo 17/04/2009)

At the theatre in French

Kiki van Beethoven

At the theater in German

My Gospels

2009/ 2010

Zürich Theater 58

The Visitor

2009/ 2010

Münster Wolfgang Borchert Theater

Partner in crime

Saison 2009/ 2010

Basler Marionettentheater
Fürth, Stadttheater
Konzerdirektion Landgraf, Tournée
Parchim, Mecklemburgisches Landestheater
Regensburg Turmtheater
Wien Stadttheater Walfischgasse

Enigma Variations

2009/2010

Duisburg, Theater
Salzburg, Theater (Off)ensive
Winterthur, Kellertheater
Postdam, T-Werk e.V.

M. IBrahim and the Flowers of the Koran

2009/ 2010

Komödie am Altstadtmarkt Braunschweig
Heilbronn, Theater
München Tournée American Drama Group
Stuttgart, Schauspielbühnen (en allemand et français)

Between Worlds

Chemnitz, Theater
Parchim, Mecklenburgisches Landestheater

The Gospel according to Pilate

Oscar and the Lay in Pink

Düsseldorf, Komödie
Konzertdirektion Landgraf, tournée
Magdeburg, Puppentheater
Rottweil, Zimmertheater
Salzbourg, Kulturforum
Stuttgart, Schauspielbühnen

At the theater in other languages

The Libertine- Danemark

From 25th July to 28th August 2010 in Groennegaards Teatret in Copenhagen

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The Gospel according to Pilate

Tournèe    IL VANGELO SECONDO PILATO

Compagnia Glauco Mauri - Roberto Sturno

Stagione 2010-2011

Between Worlds - Romania

Oscar And The Lady In Pink - Poland

Enigma Variations- Portugal

From 20th of January, 2010 Svalegangen, more infos

Audiovisual

Oscar and the Lady in Pink- The film-

Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt has just directed his second film, Oscar and the Lady in Pink, adapted from the novella of the same name. He cast Michèle Laroque as the leading lady, the "Lady in Pink", and Amir as the boy, Oscar. Max Von Sydow plays Doctor Düsseldorf, Amira Casar takes the role of Mrs Gomette, and Mylène Demongeot is the mother of the Lady in Pink.

Filming took place in Belgium and Canada.

On screen:
December 9th in France and Switzerland
December 16th in Belgium
February 26th in Canada

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Meetings

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