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Armand Lunel

アルマンド・リュネル

Āmando Ryuneru

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1892-06-09 (Aix-en-Provence)
Died
1977-11-03 (Monaco) age 85
Nationality
France
Languages
French, Judeo-Provençal
Religion
Judaism
Residence History
Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, France → Monaco

Career

Occupations
Writer, Law teacher, Philosophy teacher, Opera librettist
Active Years
1924-1977

Awards

Prix Renaudot
1926
Work: Nicolo-Peccavi
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Nicolo-Peccavi

1926 Novel

A novel about the Dreyfus affair in Carpentras

Jews of ProvenceDreyfus affair

Bibliography

  • L'Imagerie du cordier (1924)
  • Nicolo-Peccavi (1926)
  • Le Balai de sorcière (1935)
  • Jérusalem à Carpentras (1937)
  • Les Amandes d'Aix (1949)
  • La Belle à la fontaine (1959)
  • J'ai vu vivre la Provence (1962)
  • Juifs du Languedoc, de la Provence et des États français du Pape (1975)
  • Les Chemins de mon judaïsme et divers inédits (1993)

Translations of Works

  • Juifs du Languedoc... translated as The Jews of the South of France (2018)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Depictions of Provençal customs
Recurring Motifs
Judeo-Provençal culture

Legacy

Known for works on the Jews of Provence, Prix Renaudot winner. Wrote librettos for Darius Milhaud's operas.

Trivia

  • Often mistakenly called the last speaker of Judeo-Provençal, but he only learned a few words from his great-grandparents.
  • Childhood friend of composer Darius Milhaud.