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Bernard du Boucheron

べるなーる・でゅ・ぶーしぇろん

Berunāru dyu Būcheron

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1928-07-18 (Paris)
Died
2024-07-06 (Neuilly-sur-Seine) age 95
Nationality
French
Languages
French

Career

Occupations
Writer
Active Years
2004-2024
Nominations
2010 International IMPAC DUBLIN Literary Award Longlist

Awards

Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française
2004
Work: Court serpent
Organization: Académie française
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Court serpent

2004 novel
Translations
  • The Voyage of the Short Serpent (Translated by Hester Velmans, 2008)

Bibliography

  • Court serpent (2004)
  • Un Roi, une princesse et une pieuvre (2005)
  • Coup-de-Fouet (2006)
  • Chien des Os (2007)
  • Vue Mer (2009)
  • Salaam la France (2010)

Legacy

A late-blooming French writer known for winning the Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française with his debut novel Court serpent at age 76.

Trivia

  • Debuted as a writer at age 76
  • Described as having a thousand careers