Yann Queffélec
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Yann Queffélec is a French author who won the Prix Goncourt
in 1985 for his novel Les Noces barbares, translated into English as The Wedding. He is the former husband of pianist Brigitte Engerer, and the brother of musician Anne Queffélec
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Prix Goncourt
The 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"...
in 1985 for his novel Les Noces barbares, translated into English as The Wedding. He is the former husband of pianist Brigitte Engerer, and the brother of musician Anne Queffélec
Anne Queffélec
Anne Queffélec is a French pianist, born in Paris.-Biography:She started playing piano at the age of five. In 1964, she enrolled in the Paris Conservatoire. She won the first prize for piano in 1965 and the first prize for chamber music in 1966. She continued her education with Paul Badura-Skoda...
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Partial bibliography
- Les Noces barbares (1984)
- Osmose (2000)
- The Sea (2003): coauthor with photographer Philip Plisson and Eliane Georges.