Raymond Jean (21 November 1925, Marseille – 3 April 2012, Gargas in the Vaucluse department) was a prolific French writer.Bio
/ref> He published more than 40 books in many genres, and won the

Prix Goncourt de la nouvelle 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 ...

in 1983 for his book ''Un fantasme de Bella B''. His novella ''La lectrice'' was turned into a hit film by director

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, starring

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. It has been translated in English by

Adriana Hunter Adriana Hunter is a British translator of French literature. She is known for translating over 60 French novels, such as ''Fear and Trembling'' by Amélie Nothomb or ''The Girl Who Played Go'' by Shan Sa. She has been short-listed for the Indepen ...

for publication by

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, under the title ''Reader for Hire''.

Bibliography

*1953: ''Le Bois vert'', Seghers *1959: ''Les Ruines de New York'',

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*1961: ''La Conférence'', Albin Michel *1963: ''Les Grilles'', Albin Michel *1964: ''Nerval'',

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*1965: ''La littérature et le réel : de Diderot au "Nouveau roman"'', Albin Michel *1966: ''Le Village'', Albin Michel *1966: ''Eluard'',

*1968: ''La Vive'', Seuil *1971: ''Pour Gabrielle'', Seuil *1971: ''Les Deux Printemps'', Seuil *1971: ''La Ligne 12'', Seuil *1974: ''La Femme attentive'', Seuil *1975: ''La Poétique du désir'', Seuil *1976: ''La Fontaine obscure'', Seuil *1976: ''Pratique de la littérature'', Seuil *1978: ''La Rivière nue'', Seuil *1979: ''La Singularité d'être communiste'', Seuil *1980: ''Photo souvenir'', Seuil *1982: ''L.'', Seuil *1982: ''Choses parlées'', with

Eugène Guillevic Eugène Guillevic ( Carnac, Morbihan, France, August 5, 1907 Carnac – March 19, 1997 Paris) () was a French poet. Professionally, he went by the single name ''Guillevic''. Life He was born in the rocky landscape and marine environment of ...

, Champ Vallon *1983: ''Un fantasme de Bella B.'',

Actes Sud Actes Sud is a French publishing house based in Arles. It was founded in 1978 by author Hubert Nyssen. By 2013, the company, then headed by Nyssen's daughter, Françoise Nyssen, had an annual turnover of 60 million euros and 60 staff members. ...

*1983: ''L'Or et la Soie'', Seuil *1984: ''Les Lunettes'',

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*1984: ''Jean Tortel'', Seghers *1985: ''Belle clarté, chère raison'', Desclée de Brouwer *1986: ''Cézanne, la vie, l'espace'', Seuil *1986: ''La Lectrice'', Actes Sud, (adapted in film in 1987 under the title ''The Reader'' by

, with

) *1988: ''Transports'', Actes Sud *1989: ''La Dernière Nuit d'André Chénier'', Albin Michel *1999: ''Les Perplexités du juge Douglas'', Actes Sud *1999: ''Le Roi de l'ordure'', Actes Sud *2000: ''Tutoiements'',

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*2000: ''Un portrait de Sade'', Actes Sud *2002: ''La Terre est bleue'', Renaissance du livre *2002: ''Clotilde ou le second procès de Baudelaire'', Actes Sud *2009: ''La leçon d'écriture, nouvelles'', L'aube, 2009 *2011: ''Légère et court vêtue ou Lubie en Luberon'', Éditions du Luberon, his last work

References

External links

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''Disparition de Raymond Jean, écrivain et militant''
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