(April 24 to June 13, 1999) His play, "Enigma Variations," was translated by Roeg Jacob in the American Premiere at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California with Duncan Weldon, Francine Racette and Emanuel Azenberg in the cast. Daniel Roussel was director. Ming Cho Lee was set designer.
Although starting his career as a dramatist, his is best known for his novels such as "Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran" (1999, "M. Ibrahim and the Flowers of Coran"), which was made into Monsieur Ibrahim und die Blumen des Koran (2003), and "Ma vie avec Mozart" (2005, "My life with Mozart").