Cédric Morgan, pen name of Jean-Yves Quenouille (born 1943 in

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) is a French writer. He has devoted himself to writing on the sidelines of a professional life in communication for global industrial groups (

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). He lives today mainly in Brittany.

Publications

*2014: ''Une femme simple'',

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Prix Breizh The prix Breizh is a French literary award bestowed under this name since 2001, on the initiative of Gwenn-Aël Bolloré. On that date, it succeeded the "Prix Bretagne" created in 1961. It crowns each year an author of Breton origin or friend of Br ...

2015 *2009: ''Kafka ramait le dimanche'', 2009,

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—faux polar *2005: ''Oublier l'orage'', éd. Phebus *2003: ''Le Bleu de la mer'', éd. Phebus — novel prize of the city of

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*1999: ''Le Bonheur en douce'', éd. Phebus — selection

Prix des Libraires The Prix des libraires (Booksellers award) is a French literary award that is given to the author of a novel written in French. The award is organized since 1955 by the Fédération Française Syndicale de la librairie (FFSL). Approximately 5000 boo ...

*1995: ''L'Enfant perdu'', éd. Phebus — selections Renaudot, Femina and Interallié *1993 ''Les ailes du Tigre'', éd. Phebus *1991: ''Cet hiver-là'', éd. Phebus Cédric Morgan created and edited a poetry journal, ''Incendits'', published between 1975 and 1995 with the help of the Centre National des Lettres, a magazine which published a number of contemporary poets, then little known, such as

Hédi Kaddour image:Hédi Kaddour 2015 (cropped).jpg, Hédi Kaddour (born 1 July 1945 in Tunis) is a French poet and novelist. Biography Hédi Kaddour was born of a Tunisian father and a French mother. Received 1st at the Agrégation in France, aggregation ...

and Roger Goffette

External links

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''Une femme singulière''
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Cédric Morgan
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