Maps & Graphs

Olivier Truc

Olivier Truc (1964-) is a French writer, the author of Le Dernier Lapon, winner of the Quai du Polar prize in 2013.

Number of translated editions / country (May 2019)

The data visualised in this page refer to the transnational circulation of his literary works, detailing the number of translations of his novels and comparing them to those of other contemporary French and European crime writers.
The data in this map have been collected from the online catalogues of European national libraries using Zotero.

Four famous french noir novelists : number of european translated editions / country

Nine famous french crime fiction authors : number of european translated editions / year

This dataset compares the number of translations of a group of French writers specialised in the noir genre. The data visualized in this graph have been collected from the online catalogues of European national libraries using Zotero.

This dataset compares the number of translations of a group of French writers specialised in thriller and noir genres. The data visualized in this graph have been collected from the online catalogues of European national libraries using Zotero.

Number of notices in European Library
(except original language)

Number of european languages for european translated editions inventoried by European Library

These graphs compare the translations of Oliver Truc’s novels with those of nine French writers and twenty European crime fiction authors whose work has been translated into several European countries.
The sample was selected to reflect a broad spectrum of countries, and to include authors from the same generation. The selection comprises three Spanish writers (Alicia Bartlett, Carlos Salem, Victor del Arbol), four Italians (Andrea Camilleri, Maurizio de Giovanni, Loriano Macchiavelli, Massimo Carlotto and Carlo Lucarelli), one Pole (Marek Krajewski), one Greek (Petros Markaris), three British (Ian Rankin, Philip Kerr, Graham Hurley) and one Irish (Ken Bruen), 4 Swedes (Henning Mankell, Stieg Larsson, Camilla Läckberg and Arne Dahl), one Icelandic (Arnaldur Indriason) and one Norwegian (Jo Nesbo).
For each of these writers, the graph visualises the number of entries archived on the European Library portal’s website by the 12/31/2016.
The dataset allows to compare, first of all, the number of entries for European editions in translation and, secondly, the number of European languages that each author was translated into. These two figures can be used as basic quantitative indicators of a book’s and a writer’s influence outside of their country of origin.