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Angelo Rinaldi

アンジェロ・リナルディ

Angelo Rinaldi

Aliases: Ange-Marie 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

Fénéon Prize
1969
Work: La Loge du Gouverneur
Organization: Prix Fénéon
Result: 受賞
Prix Pierre de Monaco
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

La Loge du Gouverneur

1969 Novel

An early novel set against the landscape of Corsica, exploring family, memory and identity through intimate observation.

Corsicamemoryfamilyidentity

La Maison des Atlantes

1971 Novel

A novel portraying delicate human relationships in provincial society and the weight of past events on the present.

provincial societyeffects of the pasthuman relationships

L'Éducation de l'oubli

1974 Novel

Deals with themes of forgetting and memory and the formation of self, using an introspective narrative to probe personal history.

forgettingmemoryself

Service de presse. Chroniques

1999 Essays / Chronicles

A collection of literary criticism and columns published in newspapers and magazines, showing his incisive critical voice.

literary criticismcolumnssocial observation

Tout ce que je sais de Marie

2000 Novel

A private tale about relationships and memory, featuring the mature voice of the author.

relationshipsmemorymaturity

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.