Pierre Combescot (9 January 1940

Limoges Limoges (, , ; oc, Lemòtges, locally ) is a city and Communes of France, commune, and the prefecture of the Haute-Vienne Departments of France, department in west-central France. It was the administrative capital of the former Limousin region ...

– 27 June 2017) was a French journalist and writer. He worked for the ''

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'', under the pseudonym Luc Décygnes. He was also a columnist in ''Paris Match''.Mort de l’écrivain Pierre Combescot

Awards

* 1986 Prix Médicis, for ''The Funeral of the Sardine'' * 1991

Prix Goncourt The Prix Goncourt (french: Le prix Goncourt, , ''The Goncourt Prize'') is a prize in French literature, given by the académie Goncourt to the author of "the best and most imaginative prose work of the year". The prize carries a symbolic reward o ...

, for ''Les Filles du Calvaire.'' * Prince Pierre de Monaco Prize

Works

* ''Louis II de Bavière'', Lattès, 1974 * ''Les Chevaliers du crépuscule'', Lattès 1975 (ASIN B0000DQ1EB) * ''Les Funérailles de la Sardine'', Grasset – 1986 () * ''Les Petites Mazarines'', Grasset 1990 () * ''Les Filles du Calvaire'', Grasset – 1991 () * ''La Sainte famille'', Grasset 1996 () * ''Le Songe du Pharaon'', Grasset 1998 () * ''Lansquenet'', Grasset 2002 () * ''Les Diamants de la guillotine'', Robert Laffont 2003 () * ''Ce soir on soupe chez Pétrone'', Grasset 2004 () * ''Pour mon plaisir et ma délectation charnelle'', Grasset 2009 ()

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Combescot, Pierre 1940 births 2017 deaths People from Limoges Writers from Nouvelle-Aquitaine French male writers Prix Goncourt winners Prix Médicis winners Prix Goncourt des lycéens winners