Henri Queffélec (29 January 1910 – 13 January 1992) was a French writer and screenwriter.

Biography

He studied at the lycée Louis-le-Grand and then the École normale supérieure. He obtained the "agrégation de lettres" in 1934. He is considered the great maritime novelist in French of the 20th century; Queffélec was the author of more than 80 books, many of which were inspired by his native

Brittany Brittany ( ) is a peninsula, historical country and cultural area in the north-west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica in Roman Gaul. It became an Kingdom of Brittany, independent kingdom and then a Duch ...

and by the sea, e.g. ''Un recteur de l'Île de Sein'' which was filmed by Jean Delannoy under the title ''Dieu a besoin des hommes''. He was awarded the Grand prix du roman of the Académie française in 1958 for ''Un royaume sous la mer'' ; he was awarded the ordre de l'Hermine in 1988. Henri Queffélec was the father of the author

Yann Queffélec Yann Queffélec (born 4 September 1949 in Paris) is a French author who won the Prix Goncourt The Prix Goncourt ( , "The Goncourt Prize") is a prize in French literature, given by the académie Goncourt to the author of "the best and most imag ...

, the pianist

Anne Queffélec Anne Queffélec (born 17 January 1948) is a French classical pianist, born in Paris. Biography Anne Queffélec is the daughter of Henri Queffélec and sister of Yann Queffélec, both noted writers. Her brother Hervé Queffélec is a mathema ...

and of the mathematician Hervé Queffélec, and father-in-law of Hervé's wife, mathematician Martine Queffélec.

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* 1910 births 1992 deaths 20th-century French non-fiction writers École Normale Supérieure alumni French male screenwriters 20th-century French screenwriters Maritime writers Writers from Brest, France French Roman Catholic writers Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française winners 20th-century French male writers {{France-writer-stub