AKA Michel Edouard Tournier

Born: 19-Dec-1924
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: 18-Jan-2016
Location of death: Choisel, France
Cause of death: unspecified

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Novelist

Nationality: France
Executive summary: Le Roi des aulnes

Father: Alphonse Tournier
Mother: Marie-Madeleine Fournier
Sister: Jeanine

    University: Sorbonne
    University: University of Tübingen (1946-50)

    Grand Prix de Roman 1967 for Vendredi
    Goncourt Prize 1970 for Le Roi des aulnes

Author of books:
Vendredi; ou, les limbes du Pacifique (1967, novel)
Le Roi des aulnes (1970, novel)
Les Météores (1975, novel)
Gaspard, Melchior & Balthazar (1980, novel)
Gilles & Jeanne (1983, novel)
La Goutte d'or (1985, novel)
Le Médianoche amoureux (1989, novel)
Le Miroir des idées (1994, novel)
Eléazar, ou, la source et le buisson (1996, novel)

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