Bertrand Visage is a French academic and writer. He was a Professor of Literature in France for 3 years before moving to Italy to teach French literature for 2 years at the

University of Catania The University of Catania ( it, Università degli Studi di Catania) is a university located in Catania, Sicily. Founded in 1434, it is the oldest university in Sicily, the 13th oldest in Italy, and the 29th oldest university in the world. With a ...

in Sicily and afterwards at

Naples Eastern University Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...

. Following a 2 years residence at the

French Academy in Rome The French Academy in Rome (french: Académie de France à Rome) is an Academy located in the Villa Medici, within the Villa Borghese, on the Pincio (Pincian Hill) in Rome, Italy. History The Academy was founded at the Palazzo Capranica in ...

at the

Villa Medici The Villa Medici () is a Mannerist villa and an architectural complex with a garden contiguous with the larger Borghese gardens, on the Pincian Hill next to Trinità dei Monti in Rome, Italy. The Villa Medici, founded by Ferdinando I de' Medici, ...

, he returned to Palermo, Sicily as a cultural attaché at the French Embassy. From 1987 to 1992 he taught French literature at the University of Rome and at the

University of Naples The University of Naples Federico II ( it, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II) is a public university in Naples, Italy. Founded in 1224, it is the oldest public non-sectarian university in the world, and is now organized into 26 depar ...

. His novels ''Tous les soleils'' and ''Angelica'' were both set in Sicily. ''Tous les soleils'' won the

Prix Femina The Prix Femina is a French literary prize created in 1904 by 22 writers for the magazine '' La Vie heureuse'' (today known as '' Femina''). The prize is decided each year by an exclusively female jury. They reward French-language works writte ...

in 1984 and ''Angelica'' the Albert Camus Prize in 1988. In 1983 he had won the Fénéon Prize for his earlier novel ''Au pays des nains''

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Living people 20th-century French novelists 21st-century French novelists Prix Femina winners 1952 births French male novelists Prix Fénéon winners 20th-century French male writers 21st-century French male writers Nouvelle Revue Française editors {{france-writer-stub