{{Short description|French writer (1932–2010)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2017}} {{Infobox writer | embed = | honorific_prefix = | name = Patrick Cauvin | honorific_suffix = | image = | image_size = | image_upright = | landscape = <!-- yes, if wide image, otherwise leave blank --> | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | pseudonym = | birth_name = Claude Klotz | birth_date = {{Birth date|1932|10|06|df=yes}} | birth_place = Marseille, France | death_date = {{Death date and age|2010|08|13|1932|10|06|df=yes}} | death_place = Paris, France | resting_place = | occupation = Author, screenwriter | language = French | nationality = French | citizenship = France | education = <!-- use only per MOS:INFOEDU --> | alma_mater = <!-- use only per MOS:INFOEDU --> | period = | genres = Young adult literature, romance, crime, screenwriting | subject = <!-- or: | subjects = --> | movement = | notable_works = ''E=mc² Mon Amour'' | spouse = <!-- or: | spouses = --> | partner = <!-- or: | partners = --> | children = | relatives = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | signature_size = | signature_type = | years_active = | module = | website = <!-- {{URL|example.org}} --> | portaldisp = <!-- "on", "yes", "true", etc.; or omit --> }}
'''Claude Klotz''' (6 October 1932 – 13 August 2010),<ref name=L>{{cite web|language=fr|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20241218202623/https://www.livreshebdo.fr/article/patrick-cauvin-meurt-77-ans|archivedate=December 18, 2024|author=Vincy, Thomas|title=Patrick Cauvin meurt à 77 ans|url=https://www.livreshebdo.fr/article/patrick-cauvin-meurt-77-ans|website=Livres Hebdo|date=18 August 2010|access-date=9 September 2018}}</ref> better known by his pen name '''Patrick Cauvin''', was a French teacher<ref name=L/> turned writer.<ref name=E>{{cite web|author=Combes, Marie-Laure|title=Cauvin, c'était E=MC² et...|url=https://www.europe1.fr/culture/Cauvin-c-etait-E-MC2-et-496334|website=europe1.fr|date=August 18, 2010|language=fr}}</ref> He was born in Marseille and died in Paris.<ref name=L/>
His novel ''E=mc² Mon Amour'' was adapted into the Oscar winning 1979 film ''A Little Romance.''<ref name="dvdtalk">{{cite web|last=Langdon|first=Matt|title=A Little Romance|publisher=DVD Talk|url=http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/5580/little-romance-a/|access-date=March 11, 2012}}</ref><ref name=WP>{{cite web|newspaper=The Washington Post|title='A Little Romance,' But Lots of Laughs|author=Martin, Judith|date=May 11, 1979|archivedate=December 1, 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201023614/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1979/05/11/a-little-romance-but-lots-of-laughs/50d0b3fb-27d4-4a16-ab2b-27617c29e145/?utm_term=.eb7eebfe5dce|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1979/05/11/a-little-romance-but-lots-of-laughs/50d0b3fb-27d4-4a16-ab2b-27617c29e145/}}</ref>
Cauvin wrote a sequel to the novel ''E=mc² Mon Amour'' entitled ''Pythagore, je t'adore'' that was released in 2001.<ref name=I>{{cite book|author=Cauvin, Patrick|title=Pythagore, je t'adore : roman|publisher=Albin Michel|website=Internet Archive|date=1999 |isbn=978-2-226-10852-4 |url=https://archive.org/details/pythagorejetador0000cauv/mode/2up}}</ref>
==Works==
All works published by Le Livre de Poche except when noted otherwise.
* 1971: ''Les Innommables'' ("The Unspeakables"), as Claude Klotz * 1977: ''E=mc² Mon Amour'' ("E=mc² My Love")<ref name=E/> * 1982: ''Nous allions vers les beaux jours'' ("We went to the beautiful days")<ref name=E/> * 1982: ''Monsieur papa'' ("Mister Daddy") * 1982: ''L'amour aveugle'' ("Blind love") * 1983: ''Pourquoi pas nous ?'' ("Why not us?") * 1983: ''Huit jours en été'' ("Eight days in summer") * 1984: ''C'était le Pérou'' ("It was Peru") * 1985: ''Dans les bras du vent'' ("In the arms of the wind") * 1986: ''Laura Brams'' * 1987: ''C'était le pérou Tome II'' ("It was Peru volume II") * 1987: ''Haute-Pierre''<ref name=E/> * 1988: ''Povchéri'' * 1990: ''Werther, ce soir...'' ("Werther, this evening...") * 1992: ''Rue des bons-enfants'' ("Street of the good children") * 1992: ''Kobar'', Éditions Albin Michel * 1993: ''Belles galères'' ("Beautiful galleys") * 1995: ''Menteur'' ("Liar") * 1996: ''Tout ce que Joseph écrivit cette année là'' ("Everything Joseph wrote that year") * 1997: ''Villa Vanille''<ref name=E/> * 1999: ''Théâtre dans la nuit'' ("Theatre in the night") * 1998: ''Présidente'' ("President") * 2001: ''Pythagore, je t'adore'' ("Pythagoras, I love you"), Éditions Albin Michel<ref name=I/> * 2002: ''Torrentera'' * 2004: ''Le sang des roses'' ("The blood of roses") * 2004: ''Le silence de Clara'' ("The silence of Clara"), Éditions Albin Michel * 2005: ''Jardin fatal'' ("Fatal garden") * 2005: ''La reine du monde'' ("The queen of the world") * 2007: ''Belange'' * 2007: ''Venge-moi!'' ("Avenge me!")<ref name=E/> * 2008: ''Les pantoufles du samouraï'' ("The slippers of the Samurai") * 2008: ''La maison de l'été'' ("The house of summer"), NiL Éditions * 2009: ''Déclic'' ("Click"), Plon * 2010: ''Une seconde chance'' ("A second chance"), Plon
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