Francis Marmande (born 1945) is a French

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for the French

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'' since 1977. Marmande currently serves as the director of a modern literature laboratory (''Littérature au présent'') at University of Paris VII: Denis Diderot.Directory entry at University Denis Diderot
(in French) Marmande graduated in 1966 from the

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critic, Marmande also plays

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and has recorded with the

Jac Berrocal Jacques "Jac" Berrocal (born 22 October 1946, Saint-Jean d'Angély) is a French trumpeter, singer and composer. He has been active since the 1970s in the independent and avant-garde music scene, and has released many albums. He also founded and p ...

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'' - IS 040 He was a contributor to ''Jazz Magazine'' from 1971 to 2000, which he also helped

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from 1976 to 1994. Since 2006, he has had a regular column in ''Le Monde'', writing on topics such as jazz,

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, and literature.

Bibliography

*''Bataille politique'', Presses Universitaires de Lyon, 1985. *''L’Indifférence des ruines'', Parenthèses, 1985. *''La Mémoire du chien'', Fourbis, 1993. *''Œillet rouge sur le sable'', avec

Florence Delay Florence Delay (born 19 March 1941 in Paris) is a French academician and actress. Biography The daughter of Marie-Madeleine Carrez and Jean Delay, Delay studied at the Lycée Jean de La Fontaine and then the Sorbonne. In 1962, she played the ti ...

, Fourbis, 1994. *''La Perfection du bonheur'', Descartes & Cie, 1994 *''Le Chemin des dames'', Fourbis, 1995. *''La Housse partie'', Fourbis, 1997. *''La Chambre d’amour'', éditions du Scorff, 1997. *''Suzanne un jour, avec Rodrigo de Zayas'', Esprit des péninsules, 1999. *''Chutes libres, Farrago'', 2000. *''La Police des caractères'', Descartes & Cie, 2001. *''Curro, Romero, y Curro Romero'', Verdier, 2001 *''À partir du lapin'', Verdier, 2002 *''Rocío'', Verdier, 2003

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Francis Marmande profile
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