René Frégni (born 1947) is a French novelist.
Early life
Frégni was born in 1947 in
Marseille
Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern Franc ...
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Career
Frégni owned a restaurant on the main square of Manosque, which he sold after his business associate was arrested for money laundering.
He wrote about the experience in his 2004 novel entitled ''Lettre à mes tueurs''.
Frégni is the author of 15 novels. He won the Prix Eugène-Dabit du roman populiste for ''Les chemins noirs'' in 1989.
He also won the Prix Mottart from the
Académie française
An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary education, secondary or tertiary education, tertiary higher education, higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membershi ...
for ''Tendresse des loups'' in 1990.
He also the Prix Paul-Léautaud for ''Elle danse dans le noir'' in 1998, the Prix Antigone for ''On ne s'endort jamais seul'' in 2001, the Prix Monte-Cristo for ''Tu tomberas avec la nuit'' in 2009, and the Prix Jean-Carrière for ''La Fiancée des corbeaux'' in 2011.
Moreover, he won the Targa Jean Giono in 2012.
Personal life
Frégni resides in
Manosque
Manosque (; Provençal Occitan: ''Manòsca'' in classical norm or ''Manosco'' in Mistralian norm) is the largest town and commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in southeastern France. However, it is not the ''préfecture'' (capital) ...
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His daughter lives in
Montpellier
Montpellier (, , ; oc, Montpelhièr ) is a city in southern France near the Mediterranean Sea. One of the largest urban centres in the region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, Montpellier is the prefecture of the Departments of ...
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References
Living people
1947 births
Writers from Marseille
People from Manosque
French male novelists
20th-century French novelists
21st-century French novelists
20th-century French male writers
21st-century French male writers
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