Nicolas Bréhal (Gérald Solnitzki) (6 December 1952 Paris – 31 May 1999

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) was a French novelist and literary critic. He was literary director at the ''

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'' and literary critic at ''

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'' and ''

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''. He won the Prix Valery Larbaud and

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in 1992, for ''Sonate au clair de Lune''. He won the 1993

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, for ''Les Corps célestes''.

Works

*''Les Étangs de Woodfield'', Mercure de France, 1978 *''Portrait de femme, l'automne: roman'', Mercure de France, 1980 *''La Pâleur et le Sang'', 1983; French & European Publications, Incorporated, 1988, *''L'Enfant au souffle coupé'', Gallimard, 1989, *''Neiges: pièce en quatre actes'', Mercure de France, 1995, *''Le Sens de la nuit'', 1998; Gallimard, 2001, *''Sonate au clair de Lune'', Mercure de France, 1993, , Grand prix des lectrices de Elle *''Les Corps célestes'', Gallimard, 1993, *''Le parfait amour: roman'', Mercure de France, 1995, *''La légèreté française: théâtre'', Mercure de France, 2002,

References

External links

* *http://www.jmolivier.ch/brehal.htm {{DEFAULTSORT:Brehal, Nicolas 1952 births 1999 deaths Writers from Paris Prix Renaudot winners 20th-century French novelists 20th-century French male writers French male novelists