Bertrand Poirot-Delpech

Bertrand Poirot-Delpech (February 10th 1929 with Paris - November 14th 2006 with Paris) is a journalist, essay writer and novelist French, member of the French Academy of 1986 to its death. He worked in particular for the daily newspaper Le Monde.

Biography

Scout in its youth, it had made its first weapons of journalist to the daily newspaper Jamboree-France, published throughout the Jamboree of peace (world gathering of the scouts) to Moisson in 1947.

It entered to the Monde in 1951. It was there successively legal chronicler, theatrical chronicler and feuilletonist for the supplement Le Monde of the books .

It one was impassioned of veil. He in particular liked to sail starting from Granville (in the Manche) and around the archipelago of Chausey. He died of the continuations of a disease on November 14th, 2006.

Works

1958 : the Goof
1960: the Sleep in
1962: the Back of water
1966: At the evening the evening
1969: Finished the comedy
1970: the Insane one of Lithuania (Grand Prix of the novel of the French Academy)
1973: the Large ones of this world
1976: the Legend of the century
1979: Saïd and me
1980: Marie Duplessis
1981: Serials
1982: the Corridor of the dance hall
1985: the Summer 36
1986: Hello Sagan
1987: Mr Barbie does not have anything to say
1988: the Bay of Biscay
1989: Crossings
1994: Love of humanity
1995: Diagonal
1997: Alarm, theater
1998: Shadow theater, newspaper
1998: Papon: a crime of office
1999: Mister the Prince
2001: I write Paludes
2002: I did not cry (with Ida Grinspan)

External bond

Biographical note of the French Academy

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