Albert Palle (14 September 1916

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( Seine-Maritime) - 8 March 2007

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) was a French writer, and winner of the 1959 Prix Renaudot.

Life

He was a friend of

Raymond Aron Raymond Claude Ferdinand Aron (; 14 March 1905 – 17 October 1983) was a French philosopher, sociologist, political scientist, historian and journalist, one of France's most prominent thinkers of the 20th century. Aron is best known for his 19 ...

, and student of

Jean-Paul Sartre Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre (, ; ; 21 June 1905 – 15 April 1980) was one of the key figures in the philosophy of existentialism (and phenomenology), a French playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and litera ...

. He fought in the resistance and was awarded the

Croix de guerre The ''Croix de Guerre'' (, ''Cross of War'') is a military decoration of France. It was first created in 1915 and consists of a square-cross medal on two crossed swords, hanging from a ribbon with various degree pins. The decoration was first awa ...

. He wrote for the paper '' Le Combat'', ''

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'', and '' Elle''.

Works

*''L'expérience: roman'', R. Julliard, 1959 **''Die Erfahrung: Roman'', Rowohlt, 1961 **''Experience'', Doubleday, 1961 *''Les marches: roman'', Julliard, 1962 *''Les chaudières et la lune: roman'', R. Julliard, 1965 *''Les mots perdus: nouvelles'', Éd. du Cercle des amis des livres, 1994,

References

External links

* "Albert Palle", ''French wikipedia'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Palle, Albert 1916 births 2007 deaths Writers from Le Havre Prix Renaudot winners Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 (France)