Jean-Louis Curtis (22 May 1917 – 11 November 1995),

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of Albert Laffitte, was a French novelist best known for his second novel '' The Forests of the Night'' (French: ''Les Forêts de la nuit''), which won France's highest literary award the

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in 1947. He is the author of over 30 novels.

Life

Curtis was born in

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. He attended the Bordeaux Faculty of Arts after secondary studies in his hometown. He then became a student at the

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before traveling to England from September 1937 to July 1939. In August 1939, he was mobilized as part of the Air Force from January 1940. He transferred to

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in May 1940. At the end of September 1940, he demobilized and returned to France and taught at the lycée de Bayonne. He passed the agrégation exam in English with success in 1943. He then taught as an English professor at the lycée de

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. In August 1944, he took part in the Corps franc Pommiès, the campaign for the liberation of France. In 1946, he published his first novel, ''Les Jeunes Hommes''. In 1947, he won the

for his novel ''Les Forêts de la nuit''. He was one of the founders in 1948 of the literary monthly '' La Table Ronde''. In 1955, he left teaching to devote himself to writing. From 1963 to 1972, he was a member of the Advance Revenue Commission at the National Film Center. In 1972, he received the Grand prix de littérature de l'Académie française for all of his work. As a specialist in

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, he was responsible for the French subtitling of television adaptations of plays by the English playwright, produced by the

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