Christian Giudicelli (27 June 1942 – 14 May 2022) was a French

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and literary critic. His seventh novel, ''Station balnéaire'', was awarded the 1986

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. Guidicelli was one of the eight jury members of the French literary award

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Biography

Giudicelli was born in

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. He was a jury member of the Renaudot French literary prize since 1993. He contributed to literary publications including, ''La Nouvelle Revue française'', ''Combat'', ''Cahiers des saisons'', ''La Quinzaine littéraire'', ''

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'', ''Écrivain magazine'', as well as literary programs on

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. His writing is intimate, sensitive and melancholy; he draws the material for his novels and stories from his own experiences, travels, and friendships. He lived in Paris since the early 1960s. However, his works are largely unread; his last book, in 2019, sold only 180 copies. His close friendship with writer and accused paedophile

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is mentioned in his books, ''Les Spectre Joyeux'' and ''Gabriel infiniment aimable''. He agreed to hide incriminating letters and photographs of Vanessa Springora for Matzneff, whom Springora accused of taking her as his lover when she was 14, according to Matzneff's writings. Giudicelli died of

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at the age of 79 on 14 May 2022.

Bibliography

*''Le Jeune Homme à la licorne'', Editions du Rocher 1966; reissue 1994 *''Une leçon particulière'', Editions du Seuil 1968 *''Une poignée de sable'', Editions du Seuil 1971 *''Mémoire d'un traducteur,'' Gallimard, 1974 *''Les Insulaires'', Editions du Seuil, 1976; Collection Points-Roman, 1998 *''Une affaire de famille'', Editions du Seuil, 1981; Collection Points-Roman 1984, Prix Valéry Larbaut *''Le Point de fuite'', 1984 *''Station balnéaire'', Gallimard, 1986, Collection Folio 1988, Prix Renaudot *''Double express'', 1990 *''Quartier d'Italie'', Editions du Rocher 1993, Collection Folio 1996 *''Jacques Noël'', entretiens, 1993 *''Celui qui s'en va'', Editions du Seuil, 1996 *''Fragments tunisiens'', éditions du Rocher, 1998 *''Parloir'', roman autobiographique, 2002 *''Karamel'', théâtre, 2003 *''Après toi'', 2004 *''Les Passants'', 2007 *''Claude Verdier'', peintre, 2007 *''Square de la Couronne'', 2010

Theater

*''La Reine de la nuit,'' l'Avant-Scène, 1977 *''Le Chant du bouc'', l'Avant-Scène, 1981 *''Première Jeunesse'', Actes Sud-Papier, 1987 *''Les Lunatiques'', 1993 *''Bon Baisers du Lavandou, Becasouille'', 2000 *''Secret Défense de Jean-Paul Farré et Christian Giudicelli'', directed by Anne-Marie Gros and Jean-Marie Lecoq, 2006

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External links

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