Jean-Marie Laclavetine (born February 17, 1954 in
Bordeaux) is a French editor, writer and translator of
Italian literature into French.
Biography
Jean-Marie Laclavetine was born in 1954 in Bordeaux. At the age of twenty-six he published his first novel, ''Les Emmurés'', for which he received the literary award
Prix Fénéon in 1981. Since 1989 he has been a member of the
Éditions Gallimard publishing house Comité de Lecture. He translated the Italian authors
Alberto Savinio
Alberto Savinio , born as Andrea Francesco Alberto de Chirico (25 August 1891 – 5 May 1952) was a Greek-Italian writer, painter, musician, journalist, essayist, playwright, set designer and composer. He was the younger brother of 'metaphysical ...
,
Giuseppe Antonio Borgese
Giuseppe Antonio Borgese (12 November 1882 – 4 December 1952) was an Italian writer, journalist, literary critic, Germanist, poet, playwright and academic naturalized American.
Biography
During the academic year 1899-1900, under pressure from hi ...
,
Leonardo Sciascia,
Vitaliano Brancati and
Alberto Moravia into French. Laclavetine lives in
Tours, France.
Works
* ''Les emmurés'', Gallimard, 1981 (Prix Fénéon)
* ''La Maison des absences'', Gallimard, 1984
* ''Donnafugata'', Gallimard, 1987 (
Prix Valery Larbaud The Prix Valery Larbaud is a French literary prize created in 1967, ten years after writer Valery Larbaud's death, by ''L'Association Internationale des Amis de Valery Larbaud'', an organization dedicated to the promotion of his works. The prize is ...
)
* ''Conciliabule avec la reine'', Gallimard, 1989
* ''En douceur'', Gallimard, 1991 (
Prix François Mauriac
Prix was an American power pop band formed in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1975 by Tommy Hoehn and Jon Tiven. The group ended up primarily as a studio project. Its recordings were produced by Tiven along with former Big Star member Chris Bell, who als ...
)
* ''Rabelais'', essay, Éditions Christian Pirot, 1992 and 2000
* ''Gens d'à côté'', Éditions Christian Pirot, 1992 (Award for the Best Book of Région Centre)
* ''Richard Texier, mon cousin de Lascaux'', Éditions du Cygne, 1993
* ''Le Rouge et le Blanc'', Gallimard, 1994
* ''Demain la veille'', Gallimard, 1997
* ''Port-Paradis'' with Philippe Chauvet, Gallimard, 1997
* ''Richard Texier - Les Dieux de la nuit'',
Le Temps qu'il fait Le Temps qu'il fait is a French publishing house, first established in Cognac, and active since 1981.
History
Created and directed by Georges Monti, Le Temps qu'il fait is now located at Bazas, in Gironde. The house draws its name from the epony ...
, 1998
* ''Écriverons et liserons, dialogue en vingt lettres'' with
Jean Lahougue
Jean Lahougue (born 27 November 1945 in Paris) is a French writer. He has been teaching in Mayenne since 1979. In 1980, he declined the Prix Médicis for his book ''Comptine des Height''.
Work
* ''Argos et Athanor'', Éditions Gallimard, 1973
...
, Champ Vallon, 1998
* ''Première ligne'', Gallimard, 1999 (
Prix Goncourt des lycéens)
* ''Brenne secrète'', Maison du Parc régional de la Brenne, 2000
* ''Le pouvoir des fleurs'', Gallimard, 2002
* ''La Loire, Mille kilomètres de bonheur'', National Geographic, 2002
* ''Trains de vie'', Gallimard, 2003
* ''Matins bleus'', Gallimard, 2004
* ''Petite éloge du présent'', Folio, 2007
* ''Nous voilà '', Gallimard, 2009 (Prix du Roman historique des Rendez-vous de l'histoire de Blois)
* ''La martre et le léopard: carnets d'un voyage en Croatie'', Gallimard, 2010
References
External links
Biography and linksFilm excerpt by Doc Pilo
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Writers from Bordeaux
1953 births
Living people
20th-century French non-fiction writers
21st-century French non-fiction writers
Italian–French translators
Prix Fénéon winners
Prix Goncourt des lycéens winners
20th-century French male writers