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Edition 28 (1980) Winner
Maurice Denuzière
モーリス・ドニュジエール
Maurice Denuziere
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1926-08-29 （Saint-Étienne, France）
- Nationality
- French
- Languages
- French
Career
- Occupations
- journalist, writer
- Active Years
- 1951-
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Commandeur) | — | — | Ordre des Arts et des Lettres | Commandeur (コマンドゥール) |
Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Commandeur)
2010
Organization:
Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
Result:
Commandeur (コマンドゥール)
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Louisiane (Volume I)
1977 historical novelFirst volume of a multi-part saga set in Louisiana, focusing on family, place and the region's cultural and economic history.
American Southfamily sagaeconomic history
Fausse-Rivière (Volume II)
1979 historical novelSecond volume in the Louisiana saga, continuing to trace generational shifts and social changes in the region.
generational changecommunity
Bagatelle (Volume III)
1981 historical novelThird volume, focusing on family conflicts and long-buried secrets.
conflictsecrets
Les Trois Chênes (Volume IV)
1985 historical novelFourth volume, depicting new developments among characters and historical events affecting the region.
historical eventscharacter study
L'Adieu au Sud (Volume V)
1987 historical novelFifth volume, thematically centered on farewell and retrospection toward a changing Southern society.
farewellretrospection
Les années Louisiane (Volume VI)
1987 historical novelConcluding volume that brings together the family's trajectory and the changes in Louisiana across the decades.
culminationregional change
Les Trois Dés (1959)
1959 novelOne of Denuzière's early novels, considered among his initial major literary works.
early workhuman relationships
Helvétie (Volume I)
1992 novelFirst volume of a series set in French-speaking Switzerland (Romandie), dealing with place and family history.
regional literaturefamily history
Bibliography
- Les Trois Dés (1959)
- Une tombe en Toscane (1960)
- L’Anglaise et le hibou (1961)
- Comme un hibou au soleil (1974)
- Louisiane series (1977–1987)
- Helvétie series (1992–1998)
- Le Pont de Buena Vista (2003)
- Various essays, short stories and chronicles
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- narrative-driven, character-focused traditional styleincorporation of historical and regional context
- Recurring Motifs
- American South and its historyfamily and generational sagasland and economic change
Legacy
A journalist-turned-novelist best known for his Louisiana series; acclaimed for blending regional history and family sagas in long-form fiction, widely read in France.
Trivia
- Worked as a journalist from 1951, writing for France-Soir and Le Monde.
- Best known for the six-volume 'Louisiane' series (1977–1987).
- Appointed Commandeur of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2010.