Hubert Mingarelli (14 January 1956 – 26 January 2020) was a French writer. He was born in
Mont-Saint-Martin in
Lorraine
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. After serving in the navy for three years, he settled in the southern city of
Grenoble
lat, Gratianopolis
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. He won the
Prix Medici
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in 2003 for his novel ''Quatre Soldats'' (''Four Soldiers''). The English translation of his novel ''Un repas en hiver'' (''A Meal in Winter'') by
Sam Taylor
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was nominated for the
Independent Foreign Fiction Prize
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.
He died on 26 January 2020 from cancer.
Bibliography
* ''Le Secret du funambule'', Milan, coll. Zanzibar, 1990
* ''Le Bruit du vent'', Gallimard
Page blanche, 1991 ; nouv. édition en Page blanche, 1998 ; Folio junior, 2003 puis 2013
* ''La Lumière volée'', Gallimard Page blanche, 1993 ; nouv. édition en Page Blanche, 1999 ; Folio junior, 2009 puis 2012
* ''Le Jour de la cavalerie'', Le Seuil, 1995 ; Points Seuil, 2003
* ''L'Arbre'', Le Seuil, 1996.
* ''Vie de sable'', Le Seuil,1998.
* ''Une rivière verte et silencieuse'', Le Seuil, 1999 ; Points Seuil, 2001
* ''La Dernière Neige'', Le Seuil, 2000 . Points Seuil, 2002
* ''La Beauté des loutres'', Le Seuil, 2002 ; Points Seuil, 2004
* ''
Quatre Soldats
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'', Le Seuil, 2003. (
Prix Médicis
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The award goes to a work of fiction in the French language. In 19 ...
) ; Points Seuil, 2004
* ''Hommes sans mère'', Le Seuil, 2004 ; Points Seuil, 2005
* ''Le Voyage d'Eladio", Le Seuil, 2005.
* ''Océan Pacifique'', Le Seuil, 2006.
* ''Marcher sur la rivière'', Le Seuil, 2007.
* ''La Promesse'', Le Seuil, 2009.
* ''L'Année du soulèvement'', Le Seuil, 2010.
* ''La lettre de Buenos Aires'', Buchet-Chastel, 2011
* ''La Source'',
Cadex, 2012
* ''Un repas en hiver'', Stock, 2012
* ''L’homme qui avait soif'', Stock, 2014
* ''L’Incendie'', avec
Antoine Choplin
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, Éditions La Fosse aux ours, 2015
* ''La route de Beit Zera,'' Stock, 2015 ; Points Seuil, 2016
* ''Une histoire de tempête'',
Éditions du sonneur, 2015
* ''La Terre invisible'', Buchet-Chastel, 2019
Translations
* ''A Meal in Winter'' (''Un repas en hiver''), translated by Sam Taylor (2012) Portobello Books
* ''Four Soldiers'' (''Quatre Soldats''), translated by Sam Taylor (2018) Portobello Books,
* ''The Invisible Land '' (''La Terre invisible''), translated by Sam Taylor (2021) Granta, ISBN 9781783786022
References
1956 births
2020 deaths
French male writers
People from Meurthe-et-Moselle
Prix Médicis winners
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