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Edition 22 (1970) Winner
Angelo Rinaldi
アンジェロ・リナルディ
Angelo Rinaldi
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1939-06-17 (Bastia, Corsica, France)
- Died
- 2025-05-07 (Paris, France) age 84
- Nationality
- France
- Languages
- French
- Residence History
- Bastia, Corsica → Paris, France
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, Literary critic, Journalist, Literary editor
- Active Years
- 1960-2025
- Affiliations
- Le Figaro (literary editor), Académie Française
- Memberships
- Académie Française (Seat 20)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Fénéon Prize | La Loge du Gouverneur | — | Prix Fénéon | 受賞 |
| — | Prix Pierre de Monaco | — | — | — | 受賞 |
Awards & Nominations
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Edition 68 (1971) Winner
Works
Major Works
La Loge du Gouverneur
1969 NovelAn early novel set against the landscape of Corsica, exploring family, memory and identity through intimate observation.
La Maison des Atlantes
1971 NovelA novel portraying delicate human relationships in provincial society and the weight of past events on the present.
L'Éducation de l'oubli
1974 NovelDeals with themes of forgetting and memory and the formation of self, using an introspective narrative to probe personal history.
Service de presse. Chroniques
1999 Essays / ChroniclesA collection of literary criticism and columns published in newspapers and magazines, showing his incisive critical voice.
Tout ce que je sais de Marie
2000 NovelA private tale about relationships and memory, featuring the mature voice of the author.
Bibliography
- La Loge du Gouverneur
- La Maison des Atlantes
- L'Éducation de l'oubli
- Les Dames de France
- La Dernière Fête de l'Empire
- Les Jardins du Consulat
- Les Roses de Pline
- La Confession des collines
- Les jours ne s'en vont pas longtemps
- Dernières nouvelles de la nuit
- Service de presse. Chroniques
- Tout ce que je sais de Marie
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- observational, concise prosecritical and sometimes caustic tone
- Recurring Motifs
- Corsican landscapememory and forgettingfamily and nostalgiacontrast between province and city
Legacy
Angelo Rinaldi was a French novelist and literary critic known for weaving Corsican settings into personal, observational prose. A member of the Académie Française, he influenced the literary field through decades of criticism in newspapers and magazines.
Academic Societies
- Académie Française
Trivia
- Birth name was Ange-Marie Rinaldi.
- Elected to Seat 20 of the Académie Française in 2001.
- In 2011 he resigned as head of the Défense de la langue française association in protest after it awarded the Prix Richelieu to Éric Zemmour.
- Partner is known as the writer Hector Bianciotti.