Pierre Moinot (29 March 1920, in Fressines,

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– 6 March 2007, in

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) was a French novelist. He was elected to the

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on 21 January 1982.

Bibliography

*''Armes et Bagages, roman'' (1952) *''La Chasse royale, roman'' (1954) -

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– ''The Royal Hunt'', tr. Ralph Manheim (1955) *''La Blessure, nouvelles'' (1957) *''Le Voleur, court métrage (adaptation)'' (1960) *''Le Sable vif, roman'' (1964) – ''An Ancient Enemy'', tr. Francis Price (1965) *''Repos à Bacoli, dramatique'' (1966) *''Quand la liberté venait du ciel, série de douze dramatiques ''(1967) *''Héliogabale, théâtre'' (1971) *''La Griffe et la Dent, album animalier'' (1977) *''Mazarin, série de quatre dramatiques originales'' (1978) *''Mazarin, scénario'' (1978) *''Le Guetteur d’ombre, roman'' (1979) *''Jeanne d'Arc, série de quatre dramatiques originales'' (1988, in collaboration with Jean-François Griblin) *''Jeanne d’Arc, le pouvoir et l’innocence'' (1988) *''La Descente du fleuve, roman'' (1991) *''Tous comptes faits, entretiens'' (1993) *''T.E. Lawrence en guerre, étude'' (1994) *''Attention à la peinture'' (1997) *''Tous comptes faits, entretiens'' (2nd edition, 1997) *''Le matin vient et aussi la nuit'' (1999) – ''As Night Follows Day'', tr. Jody Gladding and Elizabeth Deshays (2001) *''La Mort en lui'' (2002) *''Coup d'état'' (2003) *''La Saint-Jean d'été'' (2007)

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