Tag: novelist
Michel Peyramaure, historical novelist, is dead
Author of more than a hundred books, historian Michel Peyramaure died at the age of 101, Calmann-Lévy editions announced on Saturday. “It is a tutelary figure of literature who leaves…
American novelist and poet Russell Banks dies at 82
He was among the most popular American authors in France. His progressivism, his anti-conformism had made him one of the intellectual figures of the American East Coast. Author Russell Banks…
Best-selling novelist Françoise Bourdin is dead
The successful novelist Françoise Bourdin, one of the most read in France with more than 15 million books sold, died Sunday at the age of 70, the publishing group Editis…
Françoise Bourdin, the novelist with 15 million books sold, is dead
The discreet, but very popular writer, nearly 50 novels translated into 12 languages, died at the age of 70. The novelist Françoise Bourdin passed away on Monday, December 26. The…
The 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature awarded to French novelist Annie Ernaux
Annie Ernaux, here in May 2022 at the Cannes Film Festival. JULIE SEBADELHA / AFP The online betting sites announced it among the favorites for a few days. They were…
Booker Prize author: British novelist Mantel dies
Status: 09/23/2022 1:16 p.m The British writer Hilary Mantel is dead. She became world famous with historical novels. She received the highest British literary prize for her bestsellers “Wolves” and…
Déwé Gorodey, Kanak novelist and figure of independence, is dead
New Caledonia and the world of literature are in mourning. Déwé Gorodey, the first Kanak novelist and pioneer in the struggle for the independence of the archipelago, died on Sunday…
Novelist Linda Lê has died at the age of 58
The world of literature in mourning. The French novelist of Vietnamese origin Linda Lê died Monday at the age of 58, we learned from her publisher Stock. She succumbed to…
‘Interview with the Vampire’ novelist Anne Rice dies aged 80
Writer Anne Rice, best known for her novel Interview with a Vampire, died this Saturday at the age of 80, announced his family. “In his final hours, I sat next…
Maryse Wolinski, novelist, journalist and wife of the cartoonist of “Charlie Hebdo”, died
The novelist and journalist Maryse Wolinski, widow of cartoonist Georges Wolinski killed in the attack on Charlie Hebdo, died Thursday at the age of 78, after having written three poignant…