Jean-Jacques Gautier
Encyclopedia
Jean-Jacques Gautier was French theatre critic, novelist and essayist. A Norman via his father (a pharmacist in Dieppe
) and a champenois via his mother, he was elected a member of the Académie française
in 1972.
Dieppe, Seine-Maritime
Dieppe is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in France. In 1999, the population of the whole Dieppe urban area was 81,419.A port on the English Channel, famous for its scallops, and with a regular ferry service from the Gare Maritime to Newhaven in England, Dieppe also has a popular pebbled...
) and a champenois via his mother, he was elected a member of the Académie française
Académie française
L'Académie française , also called the French Academy, is the pre-eminent French learned body on matters pertaining to the French language. The Académie was officially established in 1635 by Cardinal Richelieu, the chief minister to King Louis XIII. Suppressed in 1793 during the French Revolution,...
in 1972.
Works
- 1946 : Histoire d'un fait diversHistoire d'un fait diversHistoire d'un fait divers is a novel by the French author Jean-Jacques Gautier, winning the Prix Goncourt in 1946....
, Prix GoncourtPrix GoncourtThe Prix Goncourt is a prize in French literature, given by the académie Goncourt to the author of "the best and most imaginative prose work of the year"...