Jean-Marie Laclavetine
Jean-Marie Laclavetine (born February 17, 1954 in Bordeaux ) is a French editor, writer and translator. He translates from Italian into French.
Life
Jean-Marie Laclavetine was born in the city of Bordeaux in the south of France in 1954. At the age of twenty-six he published his first novel, Les Emmurés , for which he received the Prix Fénéon. Since 1989 he has been part of the editing department at the Gallimard publishing house . He has translated books by the Italian authors Alberto Savinio , Giuseppe Antonio Borgese , Leonardo Sciascia , Vitaliano Brancati and Alberto Moravia into French. Laclavetine lives in Tours .
Works
- Les emmurés , Gallimard, 1981 ( Prix Fénéon )
- La Maison des absences , Gallimard, 1984
- Donnafugata , Gallimard, 1987 ( Prix Valery Larbaud )
- Conciliabule avec la reine , Gallimard, 1989
- En douceur , Gallimard, 1991 ( Prix François Mauriac )
- Rabelais , essay, Éditions Christian Pirot, 1992 and 2000
- Gens d'à côté , Éditions Christian Pirot, 1992 (Award for the Best Book of Région Center)
- Richard Texier, mon cousin de Lascaux , Éditions du Cygne, 1993
- Le Rouge et le Blanc , Gallimard, 1994
- Demain la veille , Gallimard, 1997
- Port-Paradis with Philippe Chauvet, Gallimard, 1997
- Richard Texier - Les Dieux de la nuit , Le Temps qu'il fait, 1998
- Écriverons et liserons, dialogue en vingt lettres with Jean Lahougue, Champ Vallon, 1998
- Première ligne , Gallimard, 1999 ( Prix Goncourt des lycéens )
- Brenne secrète , Maison du Parc régional de la Brenne, 2000
- Le pouvoir des fleurs , Gallimard, 2002
- La Loire, Mille kilomètres de bonheur , National Geographic, 2002
- Trains de vie , Gallimard, 2003
- Matins bleus , Gallimard, 2004
- Petite éloge du présent , Folio, 2007
- Nous voilà , Gallimard, 2009 (Prix du Roman historique des Rendez-vous de l'histoire de Blois)
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Individual evidence
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Laclavetine, Jean-Marie |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French editor, writer and translator |
DATE OF BIRTH | 17th February 1954 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Bordeaux |