Bernard Giraudeau
Born in 1947 in La Rochelle, France, Bernard Giraudeau joined the French navy at 16. Seven years later he was admitted to the Drama Conservatory in Paris and graduated first in classical and modern acting. Since 2001, after a prestigious career as an actor, director, and producer of a documentary of his travels, Giraudeau has devoted his life to writing. His novel, Les Dames de nage (Éditions Métailié, 2007), sold 200,000 copies in France and has been translated by Edizioni E/O in Italy and Chez Recordo in Brazil.