Benacquista, Tonino

Tonino Benacquista,
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Name	Benacquista, Tonino Gender: M
born on	1 September 1961 at 11:00 (= 11:00 AM )
Place	Choisy le Roi, France, 48n46, 2e25
Timezone	MET h1e (is standard time)
Data source	BC/BR in hand Rodden Rating AA Collector: Geslain
Astrology data	08°43' 02°14 Asc. 01°03'

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Tonino Benacquista (at an autograph session at the Salon du livre in 2008)
photo: Georges Seguin (Okki), license gfdl

Biography

French crime fiction author, comics writer, and screenwriter.

He wrote the novel Malavita (Badfellas for 2010 English translation), which was later adapted into a film by Relativity Media and EuropaCorp titled The Family; it was released on 13 September 2013 in North America.

His awards include the 1992 Grand Prix de Littérature Policière for La Commedia des ratés; the 1998 Angoulême International Comics Festival René Goscinny award for L'Outremangeur; the 2001 César Award for Best Writing for Sur mes lèvres, shared with Jacques Audiard; and the 2005 César Award for Best Writing – Adapted, for The Beat That My Heart Skipped, shared with Jacques Audiard.

Link to Wikipedia biography

Source Notes

Didier Geslain archive, 'romans noirs (religion3)' pdf file, p. 24.

Categories

• Vocation : Writers : Detective/ Mystery (Crime fiction)

• Vocation : Writers : Humor (Comics writer)

• Vocation : Writers : Playwright/ script (Screenwriter)