Michel Tournier
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Michel Tournier (1924 - ) is a French writer who was born in Paris. 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).
[edit] Selected works
- Vendredi ou les Limbes du Pacifique (Friday) (1967)
- Le Roi des aulnes (The Ogre, aka The Erl King) (1970)
- 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)
