Prix Valery Larbaud
1 appearances
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Edition 20 (1986) Winner
René de Ceccatty
ルネ・ド・チェッカッティ
Runē do Chekkattī
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1952-01-01 （Tunis）
- Nationality
- French
- Languages
- French, Italian, Japanese
- Residence History
- Tunis (birthplace) → France (mainly Paris)
Career
- Occupations
- writer, novelist, playwright, translator, editor
- Active Years
- 1980-2024
- Affiliations
- Hatier, Éditions Gallimard, Éditions du Seuil
- Influenced By
- Pier Paolo Pasolini, Violette Leduc, Alberto Moravia, Hector Bianciotti, Jean Rhys, Natsume Sōseki
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Prix Broquette-Gonin | — | — | Académie française | winner |
Prix Broquette-Gonin
Organization:
Académie française
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Violette Leduc, éloge de la bâtarde
1994 biographyBiography of French writer Violette Leduc, basis for the 2013 film Violette.
lovewomen's strugglesliterature
Adaptations
- [film] Violette / Martin Provost (2013)
L'Accompagnement
novelPoetic introspective novel in the tradition of Bianciotti, Rhys, and Sōseki.
introspectionlove
Aimer
1998 novelAutofiction novel on the difficulties of loving.
difficulties of loving
Consolation provisoire
1996 novelPart of a quintet on difficulties of loving.
loveloss
Raphaël et Raphaël
2012 novelAutofiction-style novel.
loveidentity
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- autofictionpoetic introspection
- Recurring Motifs
- difficulties of lovingintrospectiondevotion to literature
Legacy
Renowned translator from Italian and Japanese, author of about 30 novels and biographies, expert on Pasolini, Leduc, and modern Italian/Japanese literature.
Quotes
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It is in effect a novelist's work of poetic introspection, in the tradition of earlier writers such as Hector Bianciotti, Jean Rhys, and Japanese novelist Natsume Sōseki.
Source: Remaides interview (1997)
Trivia
- Born in Tunis.
- Translator of Dante Alighieri.