Person

Michel Tournier

Michel Tournier (French: [miʃɛl tuʁnje]; 19 December 1924 − 18 January 2016) was a French writer. He won awards such as the Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française in 1967 for Friday, or, The Other Island and the Prix Goncourt for The Erl-King in 1970. His inspirations included traditional German culture, Catholicism and the philosophies of Gaston Bachelard. He resided in Choisel and was a me…

Read more on Wikipedia. Wikipedia content provided under the terms of the Creative Commons BY-SA license.

Artist details

Type
Person
Area
France
Born
December 19th, 1924
Died
January 18th, 2016
Labels
Gallimard
Last updated: January 15th, 2017·MusicBrainz