Patrick Grainville
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Patrick Grainville
Patrick Grainville (born 1 June 1947 Villers-sur-Mer
(Calvados
) is a French novelist.
He spent his childhood in Villerville, a small town east of Deauville
.
An Associate Professor of Letters, he received the Prix Goncourt
in 1976, 29 years old, for his fourth novel, Les Flamboyants, (The Flasher).
He has written extensively on Africa, where he undertook a cooperative mission.
He is professor of French at the Lycée Evariste Galois in Sartrouville
.
Patrick Grainville is also literary critic for Le Figaro.
Patrick Grainville (born 1 June 1947 Villers-sur-Mer
Villers-sur-Mer
-Places of interest:Villers-sur-Mer is known for the large topiary dinosaurs facing the sea from the garden of the office of tourism. In certain years, a baby dinosaur is added to the garden....
(Calvados
Calvados
The French department of Calvados is part of the region of Basse-Normandie in Normandy. It takes its name from a cluster of rocks off the English Channel coast...
) is a French novelist.
He spent his childhood in Villerville, a small town east of Deauville
Deauville
Deauville is a commune in the Calvados département in the Basse-Normandie region in northwestern France.With its racecourse, harbour, international film festival, marinas, conference centre, villas, Grand Casino and sumptuous hotels, Deauville is regarded as the "queen of the Norman beaches" and...
.
An Associate Professor of Letters, he received the Prix Goncourt
Prix Goncourt
The Prix Goncourt is a prize in French literature, given by the académie Goncourt to the author of "the best and most imaginative prose work of the year"...
in 1976, 29 years old, for his fourth novel, Les Flamboyants, (The Flasher).
He has written extensively on Africa, where he undertook a cooperative mission.
He is professor of French at the Lycée Evariste Galois in Sartrouville
Sartrouville
Sartrouville is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France in north-central France. it is located in the north-western suburbs of Paris from the center.-Name:...
.
Patrick Grainville is also literary critic for Le Figaro.
Works
- La Toison, Gallimard, 1972
- La Lisière, Gallimard, 1973
- L'Abîme, Gallimard, 1974
- Les Flamboyants, Éditions du Seuil, 1976, ISBN 9782020044592 - prix Goncourt
- La Diane rousse, Éditions du Seuil, 1978 (variations on the myth of OrionOrion (mythology)Orion was a giant huntsman in Greek mythology whom Zeus placed among the stars as the constellation of Orion....
). - Le Dernier viking, Éditions du Seuil, 1982, ISBN 9782020060585
- L'Ombre de la bête, Balland, 1981
- Les Forteresses noires, Seuil, 1982, ISBN 9782020060424
- La Caverne céleste, Éditions du Seuil, 1984, ISBN 9782020067065
- The Cave of Heaven, Dalkey Archive Press, 1991, ISBN 9780916583682
- Le Paradis des Orages, le Grand livre du mois, 1986, ISBN 9782020090285
- L'Atelier du peintre, Éditions du Seuil, 1988
- L'Orgie, la Neige, le Grand livre du mois, 1990 - prix Guillaume le Conquérant, by the Société des auteurs de Normandie.
- Colère, Éditions du Seuil, 1992, ISBN 9782020135290
- Les anges et les faucons: roman, Éditions du Seuil, 1994, ISBN 9782020206044
- Le Lien, Éditions du Seuil, 1996
- Le Tyran éternel, Seuil, 1998
- Le Jour de la fin du monde une femme me cache, 2001
- La Joie d'Aurélie, Seuil, 2004, ISBN 9782020627757
- La Main blessée, 2005
- Lumière du rat, 2008
- Le Baiser de la pieuvre, 2010
External links
- Myth and the fiction of Michel Tournier and Patrick Grainville, Rachel Edwards, E. Mellen Press, 1999, ISBN 9780773479388