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Michel Tournier (
1924 - ) is a
French writer. His works are highly considered and have won important awards such as the
Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie Française in
1967 for
Vendredi ou les limbes du Pacifique. and the
Prix Goncourt for
Le Roi des aulnes in
1970. His works dwell on the fantastic, his inspirations include traditional
German culture,
Catholicism, and the philosophies of
Gaston Bachelard. He currently lives in
Choisel and is a member of the
Académie Goncourt. His autobiography has been translated and published in English as
The Wind Spirit (Beacon Press, 1988).
Biography
Born in Paris from parents who met at the
Sorbonne while studying German, he spent his youth in
Saint-Germain-en-Laye. He learned German early, staying each summer in Germany. His education was deeply marked by the German culture,
music and
Catholicism. Later he discovered the thought of
Gaston Bachelard.
He studied
philosophy at the
Sorbonne and at the university of
Tübingen and attended to
Maurice de Gandillac's course. He wished to teach philosophy at high-school but, like his father, failed to obtain the french
agrégation.
He joined
Radio France as a journalist and translator and hosted
L'heure de la culture française. In
1954 he worked in advertisement for
Europe 1. He also collaborated for
Le Monde and
Le Figaro.
From
1958 to
1968, he was the chief editor of
Plon.
In
1967 he published his first book,
Vendredi ou les Limbes du Pacifique, retelling
Daniel Defoe's
Robinson Crusoe, adding to the story a philosophical depth. He was awarded the
Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie Française for it.
Selected works
- Vendredi ou les Limbes du Pacifique (Friday) (1967)
- Le Roi des aulnes (1970) (The Erl-King translated 1972 by Barbara Brayaka, aka The Ogre) » Le Roi des aulnes was made into a 1996 movie Der Unhold (The Ogre) directed by Volker Schlöndorff. It has also been adapted for the stage by Tom Perrin. It originated as a post graduate research project at the Mountview Academy of Dramatic Arts in 2002. The show The Erl King was then taken to the 2003 Edinburgh Festival.(External Link
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- Les Météores (Gemini) (1975)
- Le Vent Paraclet (The Wind Spirit) (1977)
- Vendredi ou la Vie sauvage (Friday and Robinson) (1977)
- Le Coq de bruyère (The Fetishist and Other Stories) (1978)
- Gaspard, Melchior et Balthazar (The Four Wise Men) (1980)
- Le Vol du vampire (1981)
- Gilles et Jeanne (Gilles and Jeanne) (1983)
- La Goutte d'or (The Golden Droplet) (1986)
- Petites Proses (1986)
- Le Medianoche amoureux (The Midnight Love Feast) (1989)
- La Couleuvrine (1994)
- Le Miroir des idées (The Mirror of Ideas) (1994)
- Eléazar ou la Source et le Buisson (Eleazar, Exodus to the West) (1996)
- Journal extime (2002)
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