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Armand Lanoux

アルマンド・ラヌー

Arumando Ranū

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1913-10-24 (Paris, France)
Died
1983-03-23 (Champs-sur-Marne, France) age 69
Nationality
France
Languages
French
Residence History
Paris, France → Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, France → Champs-sur-Marne, France

Career

Occupations
writer, editor, journalist, teacher, candy box designer, bank employee, painter
Active Years
1943-1983
Affiliations
Artheme Fayard, À la page magazine, France-USSR Association
Memberships
France-USSR Association

Awards

Prix du roman populiste
1948
Work: La Nef des fous
Result: winner
Grand Prix du roman
1953
Work: Les Lézards dans l'horloge
Organization: Société des Gens de Lettres
Result: winner
Prix Interallié
1956
Work: Le Commandant Watrin
Result: winner
Prix Goncourt
1963
Work: Quand la mer se retire
Result: winner
Prix Apollinaire
1953
Work: Colporteur
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Le Commandant Watrin

1956 novel

Quand la mer se retire

1963 novel

Bibliography

  • La Canadienne assassinée (1943)
  • Le Pont de la folie (1946)
  • L'Affaire de l'impasse Ronsin (1947)
  • La Nef des fous (1948)
  • L'Enfant en proie aux images (1949)
  • La Classe du matin (1949)
  • Cet âge trop tendre (1951)
  • Colporteur (1953)
  • Les Lézards dans l'horloge (1953)
  • Bonjour, Monsieur Zola (1954)
  • Le Photographe délirant (1956)
  • Le Commandant Watrin (1956)
  • Yododo (1957)
  • Le Rendez-vous de Bruges (1958)
  • Un jeune homme en habit (1958)
  • La Tulipe orageuse (1959)
  • La Tête tranchée (1959)
  • 1900, la bourgeoisie absolue (1961)
  • Quand la mer se retire (1963)
  • Le Berger des abeilles (1974)
  • La Corsetière prodigieuse (1988)

Translations by Author

  • Co-wrote Le Lys dans la vallée adaptation (1970) with Marcel Cravenne
  • Adapted La Peau de chagrin for TV (1980)

Legacy

French novelist who won the Prix Goncourt and other literary prizes. Wrote in various genres and had diverse professional experiences.

Archives

  • Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ), Fonds Armand Lanoux