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Bernard Clavel

ベルナール・シャール・アンリ・クラベル

Berunāru Kuraberu

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1923-05-29 （Lons-le-Saunier）
Died
2010-10-05 （Grenoble） age 87
Nationality
France
Languages
French
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Lons-le-Saunier → Savoy → Grenoble

Career

Occupations
Writer, Journalist, Pastry cook, Social insurance worker
Active Years
1956-2010
Memberships
Académie Goncourt (1971-1977), Coordination française pour la Décennie de la culture de paix et de non-violence, Non-Violence XXI (since 2001)

Awards

Prix Goncourt
1968
Work: Les Fruits de l'hiver
Organization: Académie Goncourt
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

L'Ouvrier de la nuit

1956 Novel

His first novel.

Workers

La grande patience

1962 Novel series

4-volume series (1962-1968).

PatienceHumanism

Les Colonnes du ciel

1976 Novel series

5-volume series (1976-1981).

NatureCommunity
Adaptations
  • [Television] Les colonnes du ciel / Gabriel Axel

Le Royaume du nord

1983 Novel series

6-volume series (1983-1989).

Northern regionsSurvival

Bibliography

  • Cargo pour l'enfer (1993)
  • Malataverne (1993)
  • L'Arbre qui chante
  • Les Roses de Verdun

Adaptations

  • God's Thunder (1966, Denys de La Patellière, from Qui m'emporte)
  • Le Voyage du père (1966, Denys de La Patellière)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Simple languageFocus on humble charactersDefense of humanist values
Recurring Motifs
Anti-violenceAnti-war

Legacy

French writer, Prix Goncourt winner, known for works depicting humble characters and humanist values.

Trivia

  • Began working as a pastry cook apprentice at age 14.
  • Largely self-educated.
  • Worked various jobs before becoming a journalist in the 1950s.