Michel Breitman
Michel Breitman | |
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| Born | 10 August 1926 |
| Died | 16 May 2009 (aged 82) |
| Occupation(s) | Writer Translator |
Michel Breitman (10 August 1926 – 16 May 2009) was a French writer and translator. He won the 1986 edition of the Prix des Deux Magots with his novel Le Témoin de poussière.
A translator of Dino Buzzati, Breitman also published numerous novels, short stories and radio plays.
He wrote his first novel, Vétrino ou le bonhomme de verre directly in Italian, and when he returned to France wrote all his other works in his native tongue.
The film Fortunat, with Bourvil and Michèle Morgan was an adaptation of his eponymous novel published in 1955.
Bibliography
- 1952: Carnet des Faux-Semblants, Mercure de France
- 1953: Vetrino, Vallechi Editore
- 1955: Fortunat, ou le père adopté, Éditions Denoël
- 1956: L'Homme aux mouettes, Denoël
- 1957: Le Mal de Dieu, Denoël
- 1958: Une lettre, Denoël
- 1964: Sébastien, Denoël
- 1970: D'exil en exil, Denoël
- 1985: Le Témoin de poussière, Laffont, Prix Ève Delacroix of the Académie française and Prix des Deux Magots
- 1995: Après la mort de l'homme, Éditions Julliard
External links
- Michel Breitman on the site of the Académie française
- "Tempête pour le crâne de Mozart" with Michel Breitman (Tempest for the skull of Mozart)
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- 20th-century French writers
- 20th-century French male writers
- Italian–French translators
- German–French translators
- English–French translators
- Prix Fénéon winners
- Prix des Deux Magots winners
- Prix Sainte-Beuve winners
- 1926 births
- People from Loir-et-Cher
- 2009 deaths
- French male non-fiction writers
- 20th-century French translators