Salvat Etchart (1924 - 1985
Bordeaux
Bordeaux ( , ; Gascon oc, Bordèu ; eu, Bordele; it, Bordò; es, Burdeos) is a port city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, Southwestern France. It is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the prefectur ...
) was a French writer, winner of the 1967
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 ...
.
Biography
He moved to
Martinique
Martinique ( , ; gcf, label=Martinican Creole, Matinik or ; Kalinago: or ) is an island and an overseas department/region and single territorial collectivity of France. An integral part of the French Republic, Martinique is located in th ...
in 1955. He was critical of neo-colonial society.
He taught French literature in Quebec, beginning in 1970.
Works
* ''Une bonne à six'', éditions Julliard, 1962; ''Un couple'', éditions de la Mauvaise graine, 2003
* ''Les nègres servent d'exemple'', éditions Julliard, 1964
* ''Le Monde tel qu'il est'', Mercure de France 1967; la collection Babel, 2004, Prix Renaudot
* ''L'Homme empêché'', Mercure de France, 1977
* ''L'Amour d'un fou'', éditions des Presses de la Renaissance, 1984,
* ''Le Temps des autres'', Presse de la Renaissance, 1987
References
External links
*
"Salvat", ''French wikipedia''
"Salvat Etchart" ''French wikiquote''
*http://www.ajol.info/index.php/lwati/article/view/36782
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1924 births
1985 deaths
Prix Renaudot winners
Martiniquais writers
20th-century French novelists
French male novelists
20th-century French male writers
1985 suicides
Suicides by firearm in France