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Jean-Christophe Rufin

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Jean-Christophe Rufin

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1952-06-28 (Bourges)
Nationality
French
Languages
French
Residence History
Bourges

Career

Occupations
Diplomat, Physician, Writer, Historian
Active Years
1977-
Affiliations
Médecins Sans Frontières, Action Against Hunger, Académie française, Sanofi Espoir Corporate Foundation
Memberships
Académie française

Education

Institut d'études politiques de Paris
Political Studies
Country: France

Awards

Prix Goncourt
2001
Work: Rouge Brésil
Category: 小説
Organization: Académie Goncourt
Result: 受賞
Prix Goncourt du Premier Roman
1997
Work: L'Abyssinien
Category: 新人小説
Organization: Académie Goncourt
Result: 受賞
Prix Interallié
1999
Work: Asmara et les causes perdues
Result: 受賞
Prix Maurice Genevoix
2014
Work: Le Collier rouge
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Rouge Brésil / Brazil Red

2001 Novel

An adventure novel set in colonial Brazil.

ColonialismAdventure

L'Abyssinien / The Abyssinian

1997 Novel

Historical novel set in Ethiopia.

ExplorationCross-culture

Asmara et les causes perdues / Lost Causes

1999 Novel

Depicts Eritrean civil war.

HumanitarianismWar

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Adventurous narrativeHistorical detail
Recurring Motifs
HumanitarianismExoticism

Legacy

Pioneer of humanitarian aid, member of Académie française, Goncourt Prize-winning novelist.

Trivia

  • His grandfather was a French Resistance member imprisoned in Buchenwald during WWII.
  • Raised by grandparents as an only child.
  • One of the earliest members of Médecins Sans Frontières.