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Jean Rouaud

ジャン・ルオー

Jean Rouaud

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1952-12-13 (Campbon, Loire-Atlantique)
Nationality
France
Languages
French
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Loire-Atlantique

Career

Occupations
novelist, author
Active Years
1990-2024

Awards

Prix Goncourt
1990
Work: Les Champs d'honneur
Organization: Académie Goncourt
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Fields of Glory

1990 novel

A novel about the author's family history, focusing on the father's death and themes of fields of glory.

family historymemory of warloss

Bibliography

  • Fields of Glory
  • Of Illustrious Men
  • The World, More or Less
  • La femme promise

Style & Themes

Literary Style
memoir-likepoetic prose
Recurring Motifs
family memoriesrural landscapes

Legacy

French novelist who gained prominence with the 1990 Prix Goncourt for his family history series.

Trivia

  • His Goncourt-winning novel was the first in a series of five family history books.