Hugues Pagan | |
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Born | 1947
Orléansville,
French Algeria (now Algeria) |
Occupation | Detective writer |
Hugues Pagan (born 1947) is a French detective writer and television writer.
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]
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]
Pagan resides in Charente-Maritime. [2]
Hugues Pagan | |
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Born | 1947
Orléansville,
French Algeria (now Algeria) |
Occupation | Detective writer |
Hugues Pagan (born 1947) is a French detective writer and television writer.
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]
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]
Pagan resides in Charente-Maritime. [2]