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François Maspero

フランソワ・マスペロ

Furansowa Masupero

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1932-01-19 (Paris)
Died
2015-04-11 (Paris) age 83
Nationality
France
Languages
French
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Paris

Career

Occupations
Author, Journalist, Publisher
Active Years
1955-2015
Affiliations
Éditions François Maspero, Éditions La Découverte
Influenced By
Henri Maspero, Gaston Maspero
Influenced
Frantz Fanon

Awards

Prix Décembre
1990
Work: Les passagers du Roissy Express
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Les passagers du Roissy Express

1990 Travel literature

A journey through the Paris suburbs with photographs

ImmigrationSuburbs
Translations
  • Roissy Express: a journey through the Paris suburbs

Translations by Author

  • Works of Joseph Conrad

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Reportage style
Recurring Motifs
Third WorldColonialism

Legacy

Known as a publisher of leftist books, especially anti-colonialist works during the Algerian War

Museums

  • Musée de l'Imprimerie Lyon

Trivia

  • Father was sinologist Henri Maspero, grandfather was Egyptologist Gaston Maspero
  • Opened a bookstore in the Latin Quarter in 1955