Michel del Castillo

Michel del Castillo (born August 2, 1933 in Madrid ) is a French writer of Spanish origin.

biography

In connection with the turmoil of the Spanish Civil War , Castillo ended up in Mauthausen concentration camp as a child due to a denunciation with his mother . The physical and psychological tortures he experienced there, as well as the ones after his return to Spain in a totalitarian children's home, form the autobiographical background of his first, widely successful novel Tanguy (1957; German 1958 as Elegy of the Night ).

Awards (selection)

• 1973 - Prix ​​des Libraires for Le Vent de la nuit
• 1973 - Prix ​​des Deux Magots for Le Vent de la nuit
• 1981 - Prix ​​Renaudot for La Nuit du décret
• 1999 - Prix ​​Femina Essai for Colette, une certaine France
• 2006 - Prix ​​Méditerranée for Dictionnaire amoureux de L'Espagne

Works (selection in German)

• Elegy of the night. Documentary novel. (also mdUT: A youth in prison camps) , Hoffmann u. Campe, Hamburg 1958
  • revised NA udT: Tanguy. Elegy of the night. Roman , Arche, Zurich and Hamburg 1996
• The guitar. Story , Hoffmann u. Campe, Hamburg 1960
• The poster sticker. Roman , Hoffmann a. Campe, Hamburg 1961
• Manège Espagnol. Roman , Hoffmann a. Campe, Hamburg 1962
• Tare. Roman , Hoffmann a. Campe, Hamburg 1964
• Satan's angel. Roman , Hoffmann a. Campe, Hamburg 1967
• The death of the Gabrielle Russians. Story of an ostracized love , Hoffmann u. Campe, Hamburg 1971
• The night of the decision. Roman , Heyne, Munich 1984
• Street of Remembrance. Roman , Arche, Zurich and Hamburg 1995

Filmography

• 1986: Douce France - Director: François Chardeaux

Web links

• Literature by and about Michel del Castillo in the catalog of the German National Library
• Michel del Castillo in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Entry in catalogue.bnf.fr
2. ↑ Biographical reference to Wissen.de (with wrong date of birth) ( Memento of the original from August 14, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.