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Patrick Rambaud (born 21 April 1946) is a French writer.

Life

Born in Paris, France, with Michel-Antoine Burnier, he wrote forty pastiches, (satirical novels). They wrote ''Le Journalisme sans peine'' (Editions Plon, 1997). In 1970, he help found the iconic magazine ''Actuel''.

Awards

Rambaud received these awards for his book '' The Battle'': * 1997 Prix Goncourt * 1997 Grand Prix du Roman of the

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Works

English translations

*'' The Battle'' Translators Will Hobson. Grove Press. 2001. . *'' The Retreat'' Translators Will Hobson. Grove Press. 2001. . *

Bibliography

* ''Les Complots de la liberté'' - 1832, Grasset, 1976 * ''Parodies par Michel-Antoine Burnier & Patrick Rambaud'', Balland, 1977, (194 pages with parodies of Simone de Beauvoir, Per Jakez Hélias, Marguerite Duras, Louis Aragon, Henry de Montherlant, Gilles Deleuze et Félix Guattari, André Malraux, Samuel Beckett, Emmanuelle Arsan, Boris Vian, François Mallet-Joris et Philippe Sollers, François Mitterrand, Roland Barthes, André Breton, Françoise Sagan, Maurice Clavel, Gérard de Villiers, Charles de Gaulle.) * ''Fric-frac'', Grasset, 1984 * ''La Mort d'un ministre'', Grasset, 1985 * ''Comment se tuer sans avoir l'air'', La Table Ronde, 1986 * ''Virginie Q.'', Balland, 1988 - sous le pseudonyme de Marguerite Duraille * ''Le Visage parle.'', Balland, 1988 * ''Elena Ceausescu: carnets secrets'', Flammarion, 1990 * ''Ubu président'', Robert Laffont, 1990 * ''1848'', Grasset, 1994 * ''Les Mirobolantes Aventures de Fregoli'', Robert Laffont, 1991 * ''Le Gros Secret: mémoires du labrador de François Mitterrand'', Calmann-Levy, 1996 - sous le pseudonyme Baltique * ''Mururoa mon amour'', Lattès, 1996 - sous le pseudonyme de Marguerite Duraille * ''La Bataille'', Grasset, 1997 - (reprint Librairie générale française, 1999, ) * ''Le Journalisme dans peine'', Plon, 1997 * ''Les Aventures de mai'', Grasset, 1998 * ''Il neigeait'', Grasset, 2000, (reprint Librairie générale française, 2002, ) * ''Bernard Pivot reçoit…'', Grasset, 2001 * ''Comme des rats'', Grasset, 2002 * ''L'Absent'', Grasset, 2003 * ''Le Sacre de Napoléon - 2 décembre 1804'', Michel Lafon, 2004 * ''L'Idiot du village'', Grasset, 2005 * ''Le Chat botté'', Grasset, 2006 * ''La Grammaire en s'amusant'', Grasset, 2007 * ''Chronique du règne de Nicolas Ier'' (Chronique des six premiers mois du « règne » de Sarkozy, en pastiche de Saint-Simon ), Paris, Grasset, 2008 * ''Deuxième chronique du règne de Nicolas Ier'', Paris, Grasset, 2009 * ''Troisième chronique du règne de Nicolas Ier'', Paris, Grasset, 2010 *

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rambaud, Patrick 1946 births 20th-century French journalists 20th-century French writers 21st-century French journalists 21st-century French writers French historical novelists Ghostwriters Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française winners Joseph Kessel Prize recipients Living people Prix Goncourt winners Writers from Paris 20th-century French male writers French male non-fiction writers