Didier Van Cauwelaert (born 29 July 1960) is a French author of Belgian descent who was born in Nice. In 1994 his novel Un Aller simple won the Prix Goncourt. In 1997 he was awarded the Grand prix du théâtre de l’Académie française. Source: Article "Didier Van Cauwelaert" from Wikipedia in english, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.