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Michel del Castillo (born August 2, 1933, a.k.a. Michel Janicot del Castillo) is a French writer, born in Madrid.
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Biography
Michel del Castillo was born in Madrid. His father was French father and his mother Spanish.
Interned in a concentration camp under the name of Rieucros in Mende with his mother during the Second World War, he developed a sense of belonging to this town, which has honored him with naming a school after him.
He first studied politics and psychology, then turned to literature. Influenced by Miguel de Unamuno and Fyodor Dostoevsky, his books received many literary prizes, namely Prix Chateaubriand for Le Silence des Pierres (1975); Renaudot for la Nuit du décret (1981); Prix Maurice Genevoix for Rue des Archives (1994); Prix de l’Écrit Intime for Mon frère l’Idiot (1995); and prix Femina for Colette, une Certaine France (2001).
In 1997 he became a member of the Académie royale de Belgique, thus succeeding to Georges Duby.
Aside from travelling, he is very keen on classical music, and considered at some point making a career as a pianist.
Bibliography
- Tanguy (A Child of Our Time) (1957)
- La Guitare (1958)
- Le Colleur d’affiches (The Disinherited) (1959)
- Le manège espagnol (1960)
- Tara (1962)
- Gérardo Laïn (1967)
- Les écrous de la haine (1968), essay
- Le Vent de la Nuit (1973), Prix des Libraires and Prix des Deux Magots
- Le silence des pierres (1975), Prix Chateaubriand
- Le sortilège espagnol (1977)
- Les cyprès meurent en Italie (1979)
- La Nuit du décret (1981), Prix Renaudot
- La gloire de Dina (1984)
- La halte et le chemin (1985)
- Seville (1986)
- Le démon de l'oubli (1987)
- Mort d'un poète (1989)
- Une femme en soi (1991), Prix du Levant
- Andalousie (1991)
- Le crime des pères (1993), Grand Prix RTL-Lire
- Carlos Pradal (1993), co-written with Yves Belaubre
- Rue des Archives (1994), Prix Maurice Genevoix
- Mon frère l’Idiot (1995), Prix de l’écrit intime
- Le sortilège espagnol : les officiants de la mort (1996)
- La tunique d'infamie (1997)
- De père français (1998)
- Colette, une certaine France (1999), Prix Femina
- L’Adieu au siècle, journal de l'année 1999 (2000)
- Droit d’auteur (2000), pamphlet
- Les étoiles froides (2001)
- Colette en voyage (2002)
- Une répétition (2002), a play on Jean Sénac
- Algérie, l’extase et le sang (2002), essay
- Les portes du sang (2003)
- Le Jour du destin (2003), play
- Sortie des artistes (2004)
- Dictionnaire amoureux de L’Espagne (2005), Prix Méditerranée
- La mémoire de Grenade (2005), play
References
Interview by Emmanuel Davidenkoff ("Les Enfants de la Musique") on France Musique", Saturday December 18, 2010.
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Categories:- 1933 births
- Living people
- People from Madrid
- French novelists
- French dramatists and playwrights
- Prix Médicis essai winners
- Prix Renaudot winners
- Prix des Deux Magots winners
- Prix Maurice Genevoix winners
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