Hugues Pagan

Hugues Pagan
Born1947
Orléansville, French Algeria (now Algeria)
OccupationDetective writer

Hugues Pagan (born 1947) is a French detective writer and television writer.

Early life

Hugues Pagan was born in 1947 in Orléansville, French Algeria (now Algeria).[1] His father was a postman who also served in the Military reserve forces of France, and his mother was a school principal.[2] He earned bachelor's degrees in sociology, psychology and philosophy, followed by a master's degree.[2]

Career

Pagan taught philosophy in Gérardmer from 1967 to 1970.[3] He became a policeman in Nancy in 1972; he later worked in Belfort.[3] By 1988, he was an investigator in the 1988 Gare de Lyon rail accident.[1] He resigned in 1991.[2]

Pagan is the author of detective novels.[4] His first novel, La Mort dans une voiture solitaire, was published in 1982.[1] He won the Prix Mystère de la critique for Dernière station avant autoroute in 1998.[5] In 2017, he used the same protagonist as the one in his first novel, Charles Schneider, in Profil perdu.[1]

Pagan is also a television writer; he has written for Police District Un flic, Mafiosa and Nicolas Le Floch.[4]

Personal life

Pagan resides in Charente-Maritime.[2]

Works

  • Pagan, Hughes (1982). La Mort dans une voiture solitaire. Paris: Éditions Payot & Rivages.
  • Pagan, Hughes (1983). L'Eau du bocal. Paris: Éditions Payot & Rivages.
  • Pagan, Hughes (1983). Je suis un soir d'été. Paris: Éditions Payot & Rivages.
  • Pagan, Hughes (1983). Vaines Recherches. Paris: Éditions Payot & Rivages.
  • Pagan, Hughes (1984). Boulevard des allongés. Paris: Éditions Payot & Rivages.
  • Pagan, Hughes (1985). Last Affair. Paris: Albin Michel.
  • Pagan, Hughes (1987). Les Eaux mortes. Paris: Éditions Payot & Rivages.
  • Pagan, Hughes (1990). L'Étage des morts. Paris: Albin Michel.
  • Pagan, Hughes (1993). Tarif de groupe. Paris: Éditions Payot & Rivages.
  • Pagan, Hughes (1997). Dernière station avant l'autoroute. Paris: Éditions Payot & Rivages. ISBN 9782743602451. OCLC 38042958.
  • Pagan, Hughes (2017). Profil perdu. Paris: Éditions Payot & Rivages. ISBN 9782743639358. OCLC 978909916.

References

  1. ^ a b c d Tourancheau, Patricia (25 March 2017). "Hugues Pagan, le patron du polar, est de retour". L'Express. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d Prolongeau, Hubert (3 April 2017). "Hugues Pagan, le retour du flic au stylo". Télérama. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  3. ^ a b Tourancheau, Patricia (25 November 1997). "Hugues Pagan, 50 ans, ex-inspecteur divisionnaire, s'est reconverti dans le polar pour se guérir de ses années flic. Ex-Flic Story". Libération. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  4. ^ a b Séry, Macha (1 April 2017). "Hugues Pagan, retour au polar". Le Monde. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  5. ^ "Palmarès du Prix Mystère de la critique". La lettre du libraire. Retrieved 20 May 2017.


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