Voldemar Lestienne (2 December 1931 – 1 December 1990 in Paris) was a French writer and journalist, winner of the 1975

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Biography

Voldemar Lestienne is a journalist and a reporter before becoming deputy editor-in-chief of the newspaper ''

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'' and then deputy director of ''

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''.''Fin de carrière pour l'écrivain Voldemar Lestienne''
by Pierre Maury in ''

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'' 26 December 1990. At the same time, he wrote a career as a writer with two successful sales novels, ''Furioso'' and ''Fracasso'' - transpositions of Dumas's ''

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'' in the context of the Second World War, and was rewarded by the

Prix Interallié The prix Interallié (Interallié Prize), also known simply as ''l'Interallié'', is an annual French literary award, awarded for a novel written by a journalist. History The prize was started on 3 December 1930 by about thirty or so journa ...

for ''L'Amant de poche'' (1975) and which was his latest novel though.

Work

*1958: ''Dillinger'' *1958: ''Furioso'' *1973: ''Fracasso'', Livre de Poche, *1975: ''L'Amant de poche'' —

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References

External links

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