André Brincourt (8 November 1920, Neuilly-sur-Seine then Seine (department) – 22 March 2016Décès de l'écrivain André Brincourt dépêche AFP du 22 mars 2016. aged 95) was a French writer and journalist.
Biography A former resistant, volunteer at eighteen during the Second World War (prisoner then escaped, he engaged in the Combat movement of the region of Nice,) André Brincourt directed the cultural pages, then the literary supplement of the newspaper Le Figaro. He was also a literary journalist on television and had television interviews with André Malraux, of which he was a friend.
Alongside his work as a journalist, he wrote about twenty books in a wide variety of literary genres, ranging from poetry to novel. In his last years, he seemed to have a preference for the fragment and the aphorism as evidenced by his latest publications.
A member of the prix Renaudot from 1984 to 2011,Frédéric Beigbeder et Jérôme Garcin, nouveaux membres du jury Renaudot in Le Monde from 11 March 2011. following his resignation he was awarded the Grand prix de littérature de l'Académie française in 1999 for all his work.
Works 1946: Satan et la Poésie, essay, Grasset 1948: Désarroi de l'écriture, essay, Vigneau 1950: Le Vert Paradis, novel, La Table Ronde – prix du Jeune Roman 1952: La Farandole, novel, La Table Ronde – prix Henri-Dumarest 1953 of the Académie française. 1956: Les Œuvres et les Lumières, essay, La Table Ronde – prix Sainte-Beuve 1957: Les Yeux clos, novel, La Table Ronde 1959: La Télévision et ses promesses, essay, La Table Ronde 1965: La Télévision, notes et maximes, Hachette 1965: Malraux ou le temps du silence, essay, La Table Ronde 1973: Noir sur blanc, essai, Fayard 1979: Le Musée imaginaire de la littérature du XXe, Éditions Retz 1986: Malraux, le malentendu, essay, Grasset – prix Georges-Dupau 1987 of the Académie française. 1988: Les Yeux clos, noel, Grasset 1990: La Parole dérobée, noel, Grasset 1995: Messagers de la nuit : Roger Martin du Gard, Saint-John Perse, André Malraux , essay, Grasset – Prix de la Critique de l'Académie française. 1996: Secrètes Araignées, essay, Grasset 1997: Langue française, terre d'accueil, essay, éditions du Rocher – vermeil medal of the Grand prix de la francophonie.André Brincourt on the site of the Académie française. 1999: Vive les mouches, essay, Grasset 2000: Le Bonheur de rompre, novel, Grasset 2001: Le Paradis désenchanté, éditions du Rocher 2003: Tête-de-loup, essay, Grasset 2005: La Mer, l'Amour et la Mort, poetry, Privat 2006 Les Conquérants d'eux-mêmes, essay, Grasset 2007: Insomnies, pensées, Grasset 2009: Vienne le vent, poetry, Melis éditions 2010: Littératures d’outre-tombe, essay, Grasset
Prizes and distinctions 1945: Croix de guerre 1939–1945 and Médaille de la Résistance. 1956: Prix Sainte-Beuve 1997: Grande médaille de la francophonie 1999: Grand prix de littérature de l'Académie française for all his work
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