Prix Médicis
1 appearances
Jean-Noël Pancrazi
ジャン＝ノエル・パンクラジ
Jean-Noël Pancrazi
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1949-04-28 （Sétif, Algeria）
- Nationality
- France
- Languages
- French
- Residence History
- Algeria (1949-1959) → Perpignan, France (around 1962) → Paris, France
Career
- Occupations
- writer, novelist, French teacher
- Active Years
- 1973-2024
- Affiliations
- Prix Renaudot jury member
- Memberships
- Jury member of Prix Renaudot (1999-present)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lycée Louis-le-Grand | — | high school | — | — | France |
Lycée Louis-le-Grand
high school
Country:
France
Studied in Paris
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Prix Médicis | Les Quartiers d'hiver | — | — | winner |
| 1994 | Prix Valery Larbaud | Le Silence des passions | — | — | winner |
| 1995 | Prix du Livre Inter | Madame Arnoul | — | — | winner |
| 1995 | Prix Maurice-Genevoix | Madame Arnoul | — | — | winner |
| 1998 | Prix Jean-Freustié | Long séjour | — | — | winner |
| 2003 | Grand prix du roman de l'Académie française | Tout est passé si vite | — | Académie française | winner |
| 2012 | Prix Méditerranée | La Montagne | — | — | winner |
| 2012 | Prix Marcel Pagnol | La Montagne | — | — | winner |
| 2012 | Prix François Mauriac | La Montagne | — | — | winner |
| 2013 | Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur | — | — | French government | recipient |
Prix Médicis
1990
Work:
Les Quartiers d'hiver
Result:
winner
Prix Valery Larbaud
1994
Work:
Le Silence des passions
Result:
winner
Prix du Livre Inter
1995
Work:
Madame Arnoul
Result:
winner
Prix Maurice-Genevoix
1995
Work:
Madame Arnoul
Result:
winner
Prix Jean-Freustié
1998
Work:
Long séjour
Result:
winner
Grand prix du roman de l'Académie française
2003
Work:
Tout est passé si vite
Organization:
Académie française
Result:
winner
Prix Méditerranée
2012
Work:
La Montagne
Result:
winner
Prix Marcel Pagnol
2012
Work:
La Montagne
Result:
winner
Prix François Mauriac
2012
Work:
La Montagne
Result:
winner
Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur
2013
Organization:
French government
Result:
recipient
Awards & Nominations
Prix Valery Larbaud
1 appearances
-
Edition 28 (1994) Winner
Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française
1 appearances
-
Edition 89 (2003) Winner
Works
Major Works
Les Quartiers d'hiver
1990 novelSet in 'Le Vagabond', a gay bar in Paris at the start of the AIDS epidemic.
AIDSnightlifehomosexuality
Madame Arnoul
1995 narrativeTraces friendship with Alsatian neighbor in Batna, Algeria during war.
Algerian Warfamilyfriendship
Long séjour
1998 narrativeHomage to his father who lived in Corsica at end of life.
familymemory
Tout est passé si vite
2003 novelPortrait of a close friend, editor and writer diagnosed with cancer.
illnessfriendship
Les Dollars des sables
2006 novelInspired by travels to Haiti and Dominican Republic.
travelecological scandal
Adaptations
- [film] Sand Dollars / Laura Amelia Guzmán, Israel Cárdenas (2015)
La Montagne
2012 narrativeConfronts secret memory of six childhood friends assassinated during Algerian War.
Algerian Wartrauma
Bibliography
- Mallarmé, essay
- La Mémoire brûlée, novel
- Lalibela ou la mort nomade, novel
- L'Heure des adieux, novel
- Le Passage des princes, novel
- Les Quartiers d'hiver, novel
- Le Silence des passions, novel
- Madame Arnoul, narrative
- Long séjour, narrative
- Corse (with Raymond Depardon)
- Renée Camps, narrative
- Tout est passé si vite, novel
- Les Dollars des sables, novel
- Montecristi, novel
- La Montagne, narrative
- Indétectable, novel
- Je voulais leur dire mon amour, novel
- Les années manquantes, novel
Adaptations
- Les Dollars des sables adapted to film (2015)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- realisticautobiographical elementsmemory-focused
- Recurring Motifs
- Algerian childhoodfamily memorieswar traumaimmigration and other cultures
Legacy
French author born in Algeria. His works are heavily influenced by the Algerian War. Multiple prestigious literary awards winner and jury member of Prix Renaudot.
Trivia
- Pied-noir (French settler in Algeria).
- Algerian War significantly influenced his literary work.
- Jury member of Prix Renaudot since 1999.