Prix Renaudot (Prix Théophraste-Renaudot)
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Edition 22 (1947) Winner
Jean Cayrol
ジャン・カイロール
Jean Cayrol
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1911-06-06 （Bordeaux）
- Died
- 2005-02-10 （Bordeaux） age 93
- Nationality
- フランス, French
- Languages
- French
- Residence History
- Bordeaux (later years)
Career
- Occupations
- poet, publisher, member of the Académie Goncourt
- Active Years
- 1941-2005
- Affiliations
- Académie Goncourt
- Memberships
- Académie Goncourt
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | Prix Renaudot | Je vivrai l'amour des autres | — | Prix Renaudot jury | winner |
Prix Renaudot
1947
Work:
Je vivrai l'amour des autres
Organization:
Prix Renaudot jury
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Je vivrai l'amour des autres
1947 NovelA novel set in Nazi-occupied France.
loveresistance
Night and Fog
1956 Documentary screenplayNarration for Alain Resnais's Holocaust documentary.
Holocaustmemory
Adaptations
- [Film] Night and Fog / Alain Resnais (1956)
Bibliography
- Je vivrai l'amour des autres (1947)
- L'Espace d'une nuit (1954)
- Les Corps étrangers (1959)
- Le Froid du soleil (1963)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- poetic prosephilosophical
- Recurring Motifs
- Lazarusdeath and resurrection
Health
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Concentration camp internment1943-1945Subjected to hard labor in Gusen camp but continued writing poetry.
Legacy
French Resistance member and key figure in Holocaust literature, known for Night and Fog narration.
In Popular Culture
- Night and Fog used in Holocaust education.
Trivia
- Saved from death in Gusen camp by Johann Gruber.