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Christian Giudicelli

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Christian Giudicelli

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1942-06-27 (Nîmes)
Died
2022-05-14 (Paris) age 79
Nationality
フランス
Languages
French
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Nîmes (birthplace) → Paris (since early 1960s)

Career

Occupations
Novelist, Literary critic
Active Years
1966-2022
Memberships
Prix Renaudot Jury (from 1993), Prix Contrepoint Jury

Awards

Prix Renaudot
1986
Work: Station balnéaire
Organization: Prix Renaudot Committee
Result: 受賞
Prix Valéry Larbaut
1981
Work: Une affaire de famille
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Station balnéaire

1986 Novel

A novel set at a seaside station.

IntimacySensitivityMelancholy

Bibliography

  • Le Jeune Homme à la licorne (1966)
  • Une leçon particulière (1968)
  • Une poignée de sable (1971)
  • Mémoire d'un traducteur (1974)
  • Les Insulaires (1976)
  • Une affaire de famille (1981)
  • Le Point de fuite (1984)
  • Station balnéaire (1986)
  • Double express (1990)
  • Quartier d'Italie (1993)
  • Celui qui s'en va (1996)
  • Fragments tunisiens (1998)
  • Parloir (2002)
  • Après toi (2004)
  • Les Passants (2007)
  • Square de la Couronne (2010)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Intimate, sensitive and melancholy style
Recurring Motifs
Personal experiencesTravelsFriendships

Health

  • Cancer
    晩年
    Cause of death

Legacy

Active in French literature but largely unread. Known for friendship with Gabriel Matzneff.

In Popular Culture

  • Associated with Gabriel Matzneff scandal

Trivia

  • His last book (2019) sold only 180 copies.