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Gilles Carpentier

ジル・カルパンティエ

Jiru Karupantiye

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1950-06-14 (Paris)
Died
2016-09-16 age 66
Nationality
France
Languages
French
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Paris

Career

Occupations
Writer, Editor
Active Years
1970-2016
Affiliations
Éditions du Seuil

Awards

Prix Fénéon
1984
Work: Les Manuscrits de la marmotte
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Les Manuscrits de la marmotte

1984 Novel

A work themed around the contemporary city.

contemporary city

Bibliography

  • Les Manuscrits de la marmotte (1984)
  • Tous couchés (1988)
  • Haussmann m'empêche de dormir (1992)
  • Scandale de bronze. Lettre à Aimé Césaire (1994)
  • Couper cabèche (1999)
  • Les Bienveillantes (2002)

Style & Themes

Recurring Motifs
contemporary city

Legacy

French writer and editor who discovered many African and Francophone authors at Éditions du Seuil.