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Pascal Lainé

パスカール・レーヌ

Pasukaru Renu

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1942-05-10 (Anet, Eure-et-Loir)
Died
2024-12-30 (Paris) age 82
Nationality
France
Languages
French, Russian
Residence History
Anet, Eure-et-Loir → Paris

Career

Occupations
novelist, writer, teacher, professor, playwright
Active Years
1967-2024
Affiliations
Société des auteurs et compositeurs dramatiques (SACD)
Influenced By
Alexandre Dumas, père, Victor Hugo, Immanuel Kant, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Martin Heidegger, Arthur Rimbaud, Stéphane Mallarmé, Witold Gombrowicz, Anton Chekhov, Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Education

École normale supérieure de Saint-Cloud
philosophy
Country: France

Awards

Prix Médicis
1971
Work: L'Irrévolution
Organization: Prix Médicis committee
Result: 受賞
Prix Goncourt
1974
Work: La Dentellière
Organization: Académie Goncourt
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

La Dentellière

1974 novel

A novel noted for its delicate psychological portrayal. Winner of the Prix Goncourt.

psychological depthfemale introspection

L'Irrévolution

1971 novel

A novel themed around revolution. Winner of the Prix Médicis.

revolutionsocial change

Bibliography

  • B comme Barrabas (1967)
  • L'Irrévolution (1971)
  • La Dentellière (1974)
  • Si on partait (1978)
  • L'Eau du miroir (1979)
  • Tendres cousines (1979)
  • Terres des ombres (1982)
  • Les Petites Egarées (1988)
  • Dialogues du désir (1992)
  • L'Incertaine (1993)
  • Le Commerce des apparences (1997)
  • Anaïs nue (1999)
  • Derniers jours avant fermeture (2001)
  • Capitaine Bringuier (play)
  • Monsieur vous oubliez votre cadavre
  • Le mystère de la Tour Eiffel (2005)
  • Un clou chasse l'autre ou La vie d'artiste (2006)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
delicate psychological portrayaltextual structure analysis
Recurring Motifs
desireintrospection

Health

  • childhood illnesses
    幼少期
    Discovered literature during recovery, inspiring voluminous writing aspirations

Legacy

Known as Prix Goncourt winner, published over 20 novels, wrote for TV, theatre, and film.

Trivia

  • Studied Russian to read Chekhov and Dostoyevsky in original