Patrice de La Tour du Pin (16 March 1911, Paris – 28 October 1975, ibid) was a French writer and poet. He was the winner of the

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in 1971 for ''Une Lutte pour la vie''.Patrice de La Tour du Pin
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Works

* "D'un aventurier". Poème, dans la revue ''Mirages'', Tunis. 1934. * ''L'Enfer''. Tunis, ''Cahiers de Barbarie'', n° 7, 1ère série, 1935, 80p. Reprint with lithographs by

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, Paris, Éditions de Cluny, 1949 * ''Le Lucernaire''. Tunis, ''Cahiers de Barbarie'', n° 13, 2ème série, 1936, 82 pp. * ''Les Anges''. Tunis, éd. Monomotapa, 1939. * ''Psaumes'', Paris,

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, 1938, * ''La Quête de joie'', Gallimard, 1939 -

Prix Mallarmé The Prix Mallarmé is a poetry prize awarded each year by the Académie Mallarmé to a French speaking poet. To be eligible for the prize the poet must have published a piece in the year concerned, even though the prize does not reward a specific pi ...

(which the author declined) * ''Une somme de poésie'', Gallimard, 1946, . * ''La Contemplation errante'', Gallimard, 1948, * ''Le Second Jeu (Une somme de poésie, II)'', Gallimard, 1959, * ''Petit théâtre crépusculaire (Une somme de poésie, III)'', Gallimard, 1963, * ''Petite somme de poésie'', Gallimard, 1967, * ''Une lutte pour la vie'', Gallimard, 1970, ,

1971 * ''Psaumes de tous mes temps'', Gallimard, 1974, * ''Une somme de poésie'', Gallimard, 1981: ** Tome I : ''Le Jeu de l'homme en lui-même'', ** Tome II : ''Le Jeu de l'homme devant les autres'', 1982, ** Tome III : ''Le Jeu de l'homme devant Dieu'', 1983,

External links

Société des Amis de Patrice de La Tour du Pin

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References

1911 births Writers from Paris 1975 deaths 20th-century French writers French Roman Catholic writers 20th-century French poets Liturgists Lycée Janson-de-Sailly alumni Sciences Po alumni {{France-poet-stub