Jean-Claude Andro (1937,
Quimper
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– 2000) was a French writer. He published his first novel at 22 and then left to teach in Mexico (1960–62). He then pursued a career as a novelist and translator (''Zone sacrée'' and ''Chant des aveugles'' by
Carlos Fuentes
Carlos Fuentes Macías (; ; November 11, 1928 – May 15, 2012) was a Mexican novelist and essayist. Among his works are ''The Death of Artemio Cruz'' (1962), ''Aura'' (1962), '' Terra Nostra'' (1975), ''The Old Gringo'' (1985) and ''Christopher ...
and ''Christ des ténèbres'' by
Rosario Castellanos
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).
In 1998 he was awarded the
prix Henri de Régnier
The Prix Henri de Régnier awarded by the Académie française is an annual prize to support literary creation established in 1994 by grouping of the prizes of the foundations Aubry-Vitet, Bonardi, Pierre de Régnier, Xavier Marnier, Monbinne, Pier ...
bestowed by the
Académie française for all his work.
prix Henri de Régnier de l’Académie française.
/ref> In addition to this prize, he was also awarded th
Prix Amic
(1993 and 1996) and th
Prix Mottard
(1995) by this same Académie.
Bibliography
*1959: ''Les Vacances interdites'', Plon
*1968: ''La Mer des Sargasses'', Éditions Denoël
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, Prix Bretagne
*1969: ''La Neige autour'', Denoël
*1971: ''le vent dans les arbres'', Flammarion
*1972: ''L’Esprit du lieu'', Flammarion
*1977: ''La Maison profonde'', Flammarion: Grand Prix de l’Académie de Bretagne
*1983: ''Des Masques dans un bal'', Flammarion
*1992: ''La Région des grands lacs'', Flammarion
*1992: ''L’Esprit du lieu'', Flammarion
*1992: ''Toutes les salles de la forêt'', Flammarion
*1992: ''Les Fontaines écarlates'', Flammarion
References
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Writers from Quimper
20th-century French novelists
20th-century French male writers
Spanish–French translators
1937 births
2000 deaths
20th-century translators