Prix des Deux Magots
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Edition 28 (1964) Winner
Clément Lépidis
クレマン・レピディス
Kurēman Repidisu
Aliases:
Kleanthis Tsélébidis / クリアンティス・ツェレビディス
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1920-01-01 （Paris）
- Died
- 1997-12-31 age 77
- Nationality
- French, Greek descent
- Languages
- French
- Religion
- Greek Orthodox
- Residence History
- Belleville, Paris
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, painter, shoemaker, stockbroker's clerk, photographer, radio wireman, sales representative, cashier
- Active Years
- 1963-1997
- Influenced By
- Robert Doisneau, Jo Privat, Tasso Miades
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | Prix des Deux Magots | La Rose de Büyükada | — | Les Deux Magots | winner |
| 1972 | Prix du roman populiste | Le Marin de Lesbos | — | — | winner |
| 1976 | Prix de l'Académie française | L'Arménien | — | Académie française | winner |
| 1976 | Prix de la Société des gens de lettres | L'Arménien | — | Société des gens de lettres | winner |
Prix des Deux Magots
1963
Work:
La Rose de Büyükada
Organization:
Les Deux Magots
Result:
winner
Prix du roman populiste
1972
Work:
Le Marin de Lesbos
Result:
winner
Prix de l'Académie française
1976
Work:
L'Arménien
Organization:
Académie française
Result:
winner
Prix de la Société des gens de lettres
1976
Work:
L'Arménien
Organization:
Société des gens de lettres
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
La Rose de Büyükada
1963 novelStory set on Büyükada island
MediterraneanGreek culture
Le Marin de Lesbos
1972 novelStory of a sailor from Lesbos
seaimmigration
L'Arménien
1976 novelDepicts Armenian community in Belleville and dark side of Paris under German occupation
immigrationwarBelleville
Ma vie en chantier
autobiographical novelDepicts experiences in shoe trade
laborimmigration
The Tribulations of a Commercial Traveller
novelBased on sales representative experiences
professional life
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Mediterranean styleBelleville vernacular
- Recurring Motifs
- immigrant lifedark side of Parisfriendship
Legacy
Left behind works rooted in Mediterranean and Belleville neighborhood, depicting lives of Parisian underclass
Trivia
- Born into a Greek Orthodox family settled in Paris
- Grew up in Belleville neighborhood
- Father worked in shoe trade like many Greek and Armenian refugees