Jean-Noël Pancrazi

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Jean-Noël Pancrazi (born 28 April 1949) is a French writer. Born in Setif, Algeria of Corsican descent, his family moved to France in 1962 when Jean-Noël was still a boy. They settled first in Perpignan and then in Paris.

Awards

Author of a dozen books, he has won numerous literary prizes including the Prix Médicis, for the novel Les quartiers d'hiver,^[1] Prix Valery-Larbaud, Prix Maurice Genevoix, Prix Albert-Camus, Prix du Livre Inter, Prix Jean Freustié and the Grand prix du roman de l'Académie française, for the novel Tout est passé si vite.^[2] Most recently he won the Prix Marcel Pagnol and Prix Méditerranée for his novel La Montagne.^[3]

He has also published a book called Corse on his native island in collaboration with the photographer Raymond Depardon. He sits on the jury board of the Prix Renaudot.

References

↑ "Les quartiers d’hiver". evene.fr. EVENE. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
↑ "Grand Prix du Roman". academie-francaise.fr. Académie française. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
↑ Le Figaro

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Name	Pancrazi, Jean-Noel
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Short description	French writer
Date of birth	28 April 1949
Place of birth	Setif, Algeria
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