Nicolas Saudray (born 1942) is a French novelist. Born in

Normandy Normandy (; french: link=no, Normandie ; nrf, Normaundie, Nouormandie ; from Old French , plural of ''Normant'', originally from the word for "northman" in several Scandinavian languages) is a geographical and cultural region in Northwestern ...

, he worked in the French civil service as an economist. He was also an administrator of the Bibliothèque nationale de France. He is best known for his novel ''La maison des prophètes'' which won the

Prix Méditerranée The Prix Méditerranée (Mediterranean Prize) is a French literary award. It was created in 1984 in Perpignan by the Mediterranean Centre of Literature (CML) in order to promote cultural interaction among the numerous countries surrounding the Med ...

as well as the Prix Lange from the Académie française. It was translated into English under the title ''The House of the Prophets''.

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