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Hubert Mingarelli

ユベール・ミンニャレッリ

Yuberu Minnyarelli

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1956-01-14 （Mont-Saint-Martin, Lorraine）
Died
2020-01-26 age 64
Nationality
France
Languages
French
Residence History
Lorraine → Grenoble

Career

Occupations
writer, novelist
Active Years
1990-2020
Nominations
Independent Foreign Fiction Prize nomination (A Meal in Winter)

Awards

Prix Médicis
2003
Work: Quatre Soldats
Organization: Prix Médicis jury
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Quatre Soldats

2003 historical fiction

A novel about the friendship of four soldiers during World War I.

warfriendshiphumanity
Translations
  • English: Four Soldiers (trans. Sam Taylor, 2018)

Un repas en hiver

2012 novel

Three Nazi soldiers share a meal with a Jewish boy in a winter forest.

warmoralityhumanity
Translations
  • English: A Meal in Winter (trans. Sam Taylor, 2012)

La Terre invisible

2019 novel

A story of love and betrayal in a textile factory.

lovebetrayallabor
Translations
  • English: The Invisible Land (trans. Sam Taylor, 2021)

Bibliography

  • Le Secret du funambule
  • Le Bruit du vent
  • La Lumière volée
  • Le Jour de la cavalerie
  • L'Arbre
  • Vie de sable
  • Une rivière verte et silencieuse
  • La Dernière Neige
  • La Beauté des loutres
  • Quatre Soldats
  • Hommes sans mère
  • Le Voyage d'Eladio
  • Océan Pacifique
  • Marcher sur la rivière
  • La Promesse
  • L'Année du soulèvement
  • La lettre de Buenos Aires
  • La Source
  • Un repas en hiver
  • L’homme qui avait soif
  • L’Incendie
  • La route de Beit Zera
  • Une histoire de tempête
  • La Terre invisible

Translations of Works

  • A Meal in Winter (English)
  • Four Soldiers (English)
  • The Invisible Land (English)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
concise stylepoetic descriptionsinsight into human psyche
Recurring Motifs
warnaturesolitude

Health

  • cancer
    2019-2020
    Cause of death.

Legacy

Known for winning the Prix Médicis, acclaimed for concise novels on war themes, with English translations highly regarded.

Trivia

  • Served in the navy for three years before becoming a writer.