Dominique Lapierre
- December 6, 2022
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Dominique Lapierre
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Who is Dominique Lapierre:
- Dominique Lapierre was a French author
- He was awarded the Padma Bhushan, India’s third highest civilian award, in 2008.
- He was passionate about India, which was reflected in his 1985-work City of Joy, based on the hardships of a rickshaw puller in Kolkata, that turned out to be a massive success. It was also adapted for a movie in 1992 which starred Patrick Swayze and was directed by Roland Joffe
- He also co-authored Five Past Midnight in Bhopal, a historical account of the Bhopal gas tragedy told through multiple witness accounts which he researched by living in the city for three years in the 1990s.
- He co authored many renowned book with Larry Collins :
- Is Paris Burning?
- O Jerusalem,
- The Fifth Horseman,
- Is New York Burning?
- City of Joy and
- Freedom at Midnight.