Jean-Claude Mourlevat

[3][1] He spent his childhood in Auvergne,[4] where he "helped tend the family farm, where they raised cows, pigs, rabbits, and hens.

[5] He obtained a secondary degree in German, a language he taught from 1976 to 1985, first at a school in La Bourboule, then in Hamburg, and finally at a college in Cany-Barville, where he remained for 5 years.

[7] After spending time performing as a mime, clown, and actor,[1] he moved on to directing plays before devoting himself to writing.

[8] In late 2019, Mourlevat attended a six-week "Room with a View" writing residency in San Francisco, funded by the Institut français.

[9] Mourlevat's books have been translated to over twenty languages, including Catalan, Chinese, English, Estonian, Georgian, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Lithuanian, Romanian, Russian, and Spanish.