Jean-Marie Laclavetine
Encyclopedia
Jean-Marie Laclavetine (b. February 17, 1954 in Bordeaux
) is a French
editor, writer and translator of Italian literature
into French.
. At the age of twenty-six he published his first novel, Les Emmurés, for which he received the literary award Prix Fénéon. Since 1989 he has been a member of the Gallimard publishing house Comité de Lecture. He translated the Italian authors Alberto Savinio
, Giuseppe Antonio Borgese
, Leonardo Sciascia
, Vitaliano Brancati
and Alberto Moravia
into French. Laclavetine lives in Tours
, France.
Bordeaux
Bordeaux is a port city on the Garonne River in the Gironde department in southwestern France.The Bordeaux-Arcachon-Libourne metropolitan area, has a population of 1,010,000 and constitutes the sixth-largest urban area in France. It is the capital of the Aquitaine region, as well as the prefecture...
) is a French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
editor, writer and translator of Italian literature
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
into French.
Biography
Jean-Marie Laclavetine was born in 1954 in BordeauxBordeaux
Bordeaux is a port city on the Garonne River in the Gironde department in southwestern France.The Bordeaux-Arcachon-Libourne metropolitan area, has a population of 1,010,000 and constitutes the sixth-largest urban area in France. It is the capital of the Aquitaine region, as well as the prefecture...
. At the age of twenty-six he published his first novel, Les Emmurés, for which he received the literary award Prix Fénéon. Since 1989 he has been a member of the Gallimard publishing house Comité de Lecture. He translated the Italian authors Alberto Savinio
Alberto Savinio
Alberto Savinio, real name Andrea Francesco Alberto de Chirico was an Italian writer, painter, musician, journalist, essayist, playwright, set designer and composer. He was the younger brother of 'metaphysical' painter Giorgio De Chirico...
, Giuseppe Antonio Borgese
Giuseppe Antonio Borgese
Giuseppe Antonio Borgese was an Italian writer, journalist and literary critic.-Biography:Borgese was born in Polizzi Generosa, near Palermo...
, Leonardo Sciascia
Leonardo Sciascia
Leonardo Sciascia was an Italian writer, novelist, essayist, playwright and politician. Some of his works have been made into films, including Open Doors and Il giorno della civetta .- Biography :Sciascia was born in Racalmuto, Sicily...
, Vitaliano Brancati
Vitaliano Brancati
Vitaliano Brancati was an Italian writer. He was born in Pachino and died in Turin. In 1950 he won the Bagutta Prize.-Selected bibliography:* Don Juan in Sicily * The Handsome Antonio...
and Alberto Moravia
Alberto Moravia
Alberto Moravia, born Alberto Pincherle was an Italian novelist and journalist. His novels explored matters of modern sexuality, social alienation, and existentialism....
into French. Laclavetine lives in Tours
Tours
Tours is a city in central France, the capital of the Indre-et-Loire department.It is located on the lower reaches of the river Loire, between Orléans and the Atlantic coast. Touraine, the region around Tours, is known for its wines, the alleged perfection of its local spoken French, and for the...
, France.
Works
- Les emmurés, Gallimard, 1981 (Prix Fénéon)
- La Maison des absences, Gallimard, 1984
- Donnafugata, Gallimard, 1987 (Prix Valery Larbaud)
- Conciliabule avec la reine, Gallimard, 1989
- En douceur, Gallimard, 1991 (Prix François Mauriac)
- Rabelais, essay, Éditions Christian Pirot, 1992 and 2000
- Gens d'à côté, Éditions Christian Pirot, 1992 (Award for the Best Book of Région Centre)
- Richard Texier, mon cousin de Lascaux, Éditions du Cygne, 1993
- Le Rouge et le Blanc, Gallimard, 1994
- Demain la veille, Gallimard, 1997
- Port-Paradis with Philippe Chauvet, Gallimard, 1997
- Richard Texier - Les Dieux de la nuit, Le Temps qu'il fait, 1998
- Écriverons et liserons, dialogue en vingt lettres with Jean Lahougue, Champ Vallon, 1998
- Première ligne, Gallimard, 1999 (Prix Goncourt des lycéensPrix Goncourt des LycéensThe Prix Goncourt des Lycéens was created in 1987 as a sort of younger sibling of the Prix Goncourt, a prize for French language literature. The ten members of the Académie Goncourt select twelve literary works as nominees...
) - Brenne secrète, Maison du Parc régional de la Brenne, 2000
- Le pouvoir des fleurs, Gallimard, 2002
- La Loire, Mille kilomètres de bonheur, National Geographic, 2002
- Trains de vie, Gallimard, 2003
- Matins bleus, Gallimard, 2004
- Petite éloge du présent, Folio, 2007
- Nous voilà, Gallimard, 2009 (Prix du Roman historique des Rendez-vous de l'histoire de Blois)
- La martre et le léopard: carnets d'un voyage en Croatie, Gallimard, 2010