François Weyergans

François Weyergans (1941-2019) was a Belgian novelist and filmmaker renowned for his ironic, autobiographical novels including Le Pitre, Macaire le Copte, La démence du boxeur, and Trois jours chez ma mère. He received major awards such as the Prix Renaudot (1992), Prix Goncourt (2005), and was elected to the Académie française in 2009 Wikipedia (English), Wikipedia (French).