Prix Médicis
1 appearances
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Edition 10 (1967) Winner
Claude Simon
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Claude Simon
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1913-10-10 （Antananarivo, French Madagascar）
- Died
- 2005-07-06 （Paris, France） age 91
- Nationality
- French
- Languages
- French
- Residence History
- Antananarivo (birthplace, early childhood) → Perpignan (grew up) → Paris (primary residence) → Salses-le-Château (seasonal residence)
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, viticulturist
- Active Years
- 1936-2005
- Influenced By
- Marcel Proust, William Faulkner, Alain Robbe-Grillet, Michel Butor
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Stanislas de Paris | — | — | — | 不明（中等教育） | France |
| André Lhote's academy (painting) | — | — | — | 在籍期間不明 | France |
Collège Stanislas de Paris
Period:
不明（中等教育）
Country:
France
Attended secondary education at Collège Stanislas
André Lhote's academy (painting)
Period:
在籍期間不明
Country:
France
Took painting courses
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Nobel Prize in Literature | — | — | Swedish Academy | 受賞 |
| 1960 | Prize of L'Express | La Route des Flandres (The Flanders Road) | — | L'Express | 受賞 |
| 1967 | Prix Médicis | Histoire | — | Prix Médicis | 受賞 |
| 1973 | Honorary doctorate, University of East Anglia | — | — | University of East Anglia | 受与 |
Nobel Prize in Literature
1985
Organization:
Swedish Academy
Result:
受賞
Prize of L'Express
1960
Work:
La Route des Flandres (The Flanders Road)
Organization:
L'Express
Result:
受賞
Prix Médicis
1967
Work:
Histoire
Organization:
Prix Médicis
Result:
受賞
Honorary doctorate, University of East Anglia
1973
Organization:
University of East Anglia
Result:
受与
Awards & Nominations
Nobel Prize in Literature
1 appearances
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Edition 78 (1985) Winner
Works
Major Works
Le Tricheur (The Cheat)
1946 novelAn early novel begun before the war, with autobiographical elements.
autobiographical elementswar
Translations
- The Cheat (English translation)
La Route des Flandres (The Flanders Road)
1960 novel (war literature)A major work recounting WWII experiences through fragmented narration; often regarded as one of his finest novels.
warmemorytime
Translations
- The Flanders Road (English translation)
L'Herbe (The Grass)
1958 novel (experimental, near nouveau roman)An experimental novel featuring fragmented narration concerned with memory and time.
memoryfamily historytime
Adaptations
- [play] La Separation (play, adapted from L'Herbe) (1963)
Translations
- The Grass (English translation)
Les Géorgiques (The Georgics)
1981 novelInterweaves family history and war, exploring old age, death, and fragmented pasts.
family historywarold age
Translations
- The Georgics (English translation)
L'Acacia (The Acacia)
1989 novelA later major novel arranging events non-sequentially to depict family and the impacts of war.
timefamily historywar
Translations
- The Acacia (English translation)
Bibliography
- Le Tricheur (1946)
- La Corde raide (1947)
- Gulliver (1952)
- Le Sacre du Printemps (1954)
- Le Vent (1957)
- L'Herbe (1958)
- La Route des Flandres (1960)
- Le Palace (1962)
- Histoire (1967)
- La Bataille de Pharsale (1969)
- Triptyque (1973)
- Les Géorgiques (1981)
- L'Invitation (1987)
- L'Acacia (1989)
- Le Jardin des plantes (1997)
- Le Tramway (2001)
Adaptations
- La Separation (play adapted from L'Herbe, 1963)
Translations of Works
- La Route des Flandres → The Flanders Road (English translation)
- L'Herbe → The Grass (English translation)
- Les Géorgiques → The Georgics (English translation)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- fragmented, modernist proseexperimental tendencies related to the nouveau romanuse of long sentences and a deepened awareness of time
- Recurring Motifs
- war (WWI, WWII, Spanish Civil War)family history and inherited mythshorsestime and memory
Legacy
One of the leading French writers of the 20th century, internationally recognized after receiving the 1985 Nobel Prize in Literature. His modernist techniques and distinctive handling of war and family history have influenced readers and writers beyond the Francophone world.
Academic Societies
- Association des Lecteurs de Claude Simon (readers' association)
Archives
- Bibliothèque nationale de France (holds related materials)
- Archives of publisher Gallimard
Quotes
-
Who in his novel combines the poet's and the painter's creativeness with a deepened awareness of time in the depiction of the human condition.
Source: Nobel Prize committee (1975 citation for the Nobel Prize in Literature) (1985)
Trivia
- Preferred to list his occupation as a viticulturist rather than a writer.
- Experiences in the Spanish Civil War and World War II strongly influenced his writing.
- Horses frequently appear as a recurring motif in his novels.