François Lelord [SEP] date of birth
François Lelord
François Lelord (born 22 June 1953 in Paris) is a French psychiatrist and author.
Career as a psychiatrist.
Lelord studied medicine and psychology; after getting his doctoral degree in 1985, he was a post-doctorate researcher with Robert Liberman at the University of California, Los Angeles. After that, he worked as an attending physician at Hôpital Necker (which is affiliated with Descartes University) in Paris for two years. In 1989 he opened up his own practice which he closed down in
Hector and the Search for Happiness
Hector and the Search for Happiness () is a novel by French writer François Lelord written in 2002 and translated into English in 2010. It has sold over two million copies.
A film adaptation, directed by Peter Chelsom, with Simon Pegg and Rosamund Pike starring, was released on August 15, 2014.
Reception.
Emma Hagestadt in "The Independent" wrote "Served up as a series of philosophical bonne bouches, Hector's lessons for life may verge on the banale