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Conrad Detrez

コナード・デトレズ

Conrad Detrez

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1937-04-01 （Roclenge-sur-Geer）
Died
1985-02-11 （Paris） age 47
Nationality
Belgian, French
Languages
French
Religion
Catholic
Residence History
Belgian countryside → Brazil (Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo) → Paris → Algeria → Lisbon → Nicaragua

Career

Occupations
journalist, diplomat, novelist, lay missionary, teacher
Active Years
1962-1985
Influenced By
Jorge Amado, Antonio Callado, Carlos Marighella

Awards

Prix Renaudot
1978
Work: L'Herbe à brûler
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

L'Herbe à brûler

1977 novel

Autobiographical novel about his experiences in Brazil under military dictatorship.

homosexualitypolitical resistanceLatin America
Translations
  • A Weed for Burning (translated by Lydia Davis)

Bibliography

  • Carlos Marighella, Conrad Detrez, Pour la liberation du Bresil
  • Márcio Moreira Alves, Conrad Detrez, Carlos Marighella, Zerschlagt die Wohlstandsinseln der Dritten Welt
  • Les pâtres de la nuit: roman
  • L'Herbe à brûler: roman
  • A Weed for Burning
  • Caballero ou l'irrésistible corps de l'homme-dieu
  • La lutte finale
  • Le dragueur de Dieu: roman
  • Les Noms de la tribu
  • Le mâle apôtre: poèmes
  • La guerre blanche: roman
  • La ceinture de feu: roman
  • Zone of Fire
  • La mélancolie du voyeur
  • Ludo: roman
  • Les plumes du coq

Translations by Author

  • Works by Jorge Amado
  • Works by Antonio Callado

Translations of Works

  • English translations by Lydia Davis

Style & Themes

Literary Style
fluent, lucid and visionarymixture of religious sensuality and intellectual mysticism
Recurring Motifs
homosexualitypolitical resistanceLatin American settings

Health

  • AIDS
    1980年代
    Cause of death.

Legacy

Belgian-born French novelist known for works based on his experiences in Brazil, winner of Prix Renaudot.