Louis Nucéra (17 July 1928 – 9 August 2000) was an award-winning 20th-century French writer. He published his first novel ''L'obstiné'' in 1970.

Biography

As well as being a writer, Nucéra was a cyclist (he rode the same circuit as the 1949 Tour de France), a bank clerk, a journalist, a press secretary in a record company, and a literary director at

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. He recalls his childhood in

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in ''Avenue des Diables bleus''. In 1991 he wrote ''Le ruban rouge'' which chronicles the life of Italian immigrants. In ''Mes ports d’attache'' he evokes his friendships with

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, Kessel,

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, Hardellet, Brassens and Moretti. Nucéra died on August 9, 2000, in the industrial zone of

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when he was hit by a car while bike riding.

Awards

* 1981:

Prix Interallié The prix Interallié (Interallié Prize), also known simply as ''l'Interallié'', is an annual French literary award, awarded for a novel written by a journalist. History The prize was started on 3 December 1930 by about thirty or so journal ...

for ''Le Chemin de la Lanterne'' * 1991: Prix Jacques-Chardonne for ''Le ruban rouge'' * 1993:

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for the whole of his work

Works

* 1970: ''L'obstiné'' * 1971: ''Le greffier'' * 1973: ''Cocteau - Moretti, l'âge du verseau'' * 1973: ''Les chats « Il n'y a pas de quoi fouetter un homme »'' * 1974: ''L'Ami'' * 1975: ''Dora, dans l'enfer du camp de concentration où les savants nazis préparaient la conquête de l'espace'' * 1977: ''La Kermesse aux idoles'' * 1979: ''Avenue des Diables-Bleus '' * 1980: ''Les Roues de la fortune'' * 1981: ',

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* 1983: ''Entre chien et chat'' * 1984: ''Le kiosque à musique'' * 1987: ''Mes rayons de soleil'' * 1989: ''La chanson de Maria'' * 1990: ''Principauté de Monaco '' * 1991: ''Le ruban rouge'', Prix Jacques-Chardonne * 1994: ''Mes ports d'attache'' * 1997: ''Le roi René'' * 1994: ''Villages perchés de Provence et de la Riviera'' * 1998: ''Ils s'aimaient'' * 1998: ''Parc national du Mercantour. Montagnes du soleil'', with Christine Michiels and Bertrand Bodin * 2000: ''Une Bouffée d'air frais'' * 2000: ''Saint-Malo, le rêve breton d'une enfance niçoise '' * 2001: ''Les contes du lapin agile'' (posthumous) * 2001: ', presented and foreworded by Bernard Morlino, (posthumous) * 2001: ''Les Chats de Paris'', with

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, (posthumous) * 2001: ''Sa majesté le chat'', (posthumous) * 2008: ''Le goût de Nice'', with , and

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, (posthumous) * 2010: ''Ils ont éclairé mon chemin'', an anthology of literary critics brought together and presented by Bernard Morlino.

External links

Biographie

Louis Nucéra
on Babelio
''Louis Nucera, le copain d'alors''
on ''

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'' (10 August 2000)
Hommage to Louis Nucéra
on ''Le petit braquet''
''La fascination de Louis Nucera''
on INA.fr {{DEFAULTSORT:Nucera, Louis 20th-century French writers 20th-century French journalists Cycling journalists 1928 births Writers from Nice 2000 deaths Road incident deaths in France Prix Interallié winners

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