- Angelo Rinaldi
Angelo Rinaldi (b.
June 17 ,1940 inBastia ,Corsica ) is a French writer and literary critic.Biography
Rinaldi is the son of Pierre-François Rinaldi and Antoinette Pietri; after growing up in Corsica he became a journalist. He initially worked as a reporter and court correspondent for the newspapers "Nice-Matin" and "Paris-Jour" and soon acquired a reputation as a writer and a sharp-penned literary critic. As a critic, he worked for "L'Express", "
Le Point " and "Le Nouvel Observateur " before becoming literary editor of "Le Figaro ", which he remained until his retirement.Rinaldi is of Italian ancestry, and his books often contain detailed observations of Corsica and of the town of Bastia where he grew up.
He has received the Prix Pierre de Monaco for his body of work.
He was elected to Seat 20 of the
Académie française onJune 21 ,2001 , succeeding José Cabanis.Bibliography
*1969 "La Loge du Gouverneur"
*1971 "La Maison des Atlantes" (Gallimard)
*1974 "L'Éducation de l'oubli" (Denoël)
*1977 "Les Dames de France" (Gallimard)
*1980 "La Dernière Fête de l'Empire" (Gallimard)
*1985 "Les Jardins du Consulat" (Gallimard)
*1987 "Les Roses de Pline" (Gallimard)
*1990 "La Confession des collines" (Gallimard)
*1993 "Les jours ne s'en vont pas longtemps" (Grasset)
*1997 "Dernières nouvelles de la nuit" (Grasset)
*1999 "Service de presse. Chroniques" (Plon)
*2000 "Tout ce que je sais de Marie" (Gallimard)External links
* [http://www.academie-francaise.fr/immortels/index.html L'Académie française]
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