Michel Tournier (French writer)
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- Tournier, Michel
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- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Date of birth
- 1924-12-19
- Place of birth
- Paris
- Date of death
- 2016-01-18
- Place of death
- Choisel
Wikipedia
Michel Tournier (French: [miʃɛl tuʁnje]; 19 December 1924 − 18 January 2016) was a French writer. He won awards such as the Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française in 1967 for Friday, or, The Other Island and the Prix Goncourt for The Erl-King in 1970. His inspirations included traditional German culture, Catholicism and the philosophies of Gaston Bachelard. He resided in Choisel and was a member of the Académie Goncourt. His autobiography has been translated and published as The Wind Spirit (Beacon Press, 1988). He was on occasion in contention for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Editions
| Name | Format | ISBN | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romans suivi de Le Vent Paraclet | Hardcover | 9782070146109 | 2017-02-23 |
| Gilles & Jeanne: Erzählung | Paperback | 3-596-25197-4 | 1987-10 |
| Das Liebesmahl: Novellen einer Nacht | Paperback | 3-596-11025-4 | 1993-04 |
| Freitag oder Im Schoß des Pazifik | Paperback | 3-596-25746-8 | 1996-05 |
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- Michel Tournier(French writer) wrote blurb for Der Fangschuß
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- 2024-10-18