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Michel Déon

ミシェル・デオン

Mishieru Deon

Pen Names: Michel Férou（Used for the 1955 work 'Plaisirs'）

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1919-08-04 （Paris）
Died
2016-12-28 （Galway） age 97
Nationality
France
Languages
French
Residence History
Paris, France → Galway, Ireland → Spetsai, Greece

Career

Occupations
novelist, playwright, editor
Active Years
1944-2016
Affiliations
Académie française (Seat 8), Portuguese Academy of Science and Letters (affiliate member)
Memberships
Hussards
Influenced By
Charles Maurras, William Faulkner, Saul Bellow
Influenced
Jacques Laurent

Education

Lycée Janson-de-Sailly
Faculty of Law
Country: France
Studied law

Awards

Prix Interallié
1970
Work: Les Poneys sauvages
Result: 受賞
Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française
1973
Work: Un taxi mauve
Organization: Académie française
Result: 受賞
Commander of the Legion of Honour
Organization: French Government
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Les Poneys sauvages

1970 Novel

Story of murder, intrigue, and revenge beginning in 1937 with students at Cambridge, spanning WWII and Europe.

warfriendshiprevenge
Adaptations
  • [TV series] Les Poneys sauvages / Robert Mazoyer (1983)
Translations
  • English translation available

Bibliography

  • Adieux à Sheila (1944)
  • Les Poneys sauvages (1970)
  • Un taxi mauve (1973)
  • The Foundling Boy (1975)

Adaptations

  • The Purple Taxi (1977 film)

Translations of Works

  • Numerous English translations

Style & Themes

Literary Style
innovativeunconventionalsatirical
Recurring Motifs
travelcross-cultural relationsexile

Health

  • pulmonary embolism
    2016年
    Cause of death

Legacy

One of the most innovative French writers of the 20th century. Elected to the Académie française.

In Popular Culture

  • Numerous film adaptations

Trivia

  • Married to Chantal Déon with two children.
  • Raised fifty horses in Ireland.