Bertrand Visage
| Bertrand Visage | |
|---|---|
| Born |
8 March 1952 Chateaudrun, Eure et Loir, France |
| Occupation | Academic and author |
| Language | French |
| Notable works |
Au pays des nains Tous les soleils Angelica |
| Notable awards |
Fénéon Prize Prix Femina Albert Camus Prize |
Bertrand Visage is a French academic and writer.
He was a Professor of Literature in France for 3 years before moving to Italy to teach French literature for 2 years at the University of Catania in Sicily and afterwards at Naples Eastern University. Following a 2 years residence at the French Academy in Rome at the Villa Medici, he returned to Palermo, Sicily as a cultural attaché at the French Embassy. From 1987 to 1992 he taught French literature at the University of Rome and at the University of Naples.[1]
His novels Tous les soleils and Angelica were both set in Sicily. Tous les soleils won the Prix Femina in 1984[2] and Angelica the Albert Camus Prize in 1988.
In 1983 he had won the Fénéon Prize for his earlier novel Au pays des nains
References
- ↑ "Les auteurs français contemporains". lalettre.com. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
- ↑ "Tous les lauréats du Prix Femina". Femina. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
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