Philippe Doumenc (born 21 April 1934) is a French

novelist A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often novelists also write in other genres of both fiction and non-fiction. Some novelists are professional novelists, thus make a living writing novels and other fiction, while others asp ...

. His

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, ''Les Comptoirs du Sud'' won the 1989

Prix Renaudot The Prix Théophraste-Renaudot or Prix Renaudot () is a French literary award. History The prize was created in 1926 by ten art critics awaiting the results of deliberation of the jury of the Prix Goncourt. While not officially related to the ...

. He is the grandson of Aimé Doumenc (1880-1948).

Works

*''Les Comptoirs du Sud: roman'', Paris: Éditions du Seuil, 1989, *''En haut à gauche du paradis: roman'', Paris: éditions du Seuil, 1992, *''Les amants de Tonnegrande: roman'', Seuil, 2003, *''Contre-enquête sur la mort d'Emma Bovary,'' Paris: Actes Sud, 2007, *''Un tigre dans la soute: nouvelles'', Actes sud, 2008,

References

External links

"Interview with Philippe Doumenc"
''French Book News'' * http://littexpress.over-blog.net/article-28874385.html 20th-century French novelists 21st-century French novelists Living people 1934 births Prix Renaudot winners {{France-novelist-20thC-stub