YQ
The basics
Quick facts
Intro
French writer
Gender:
Male
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Birth:
4 September 1949(Paris)
Family:
Father:
Henri Queffélec
The details
Biography
Introduction
Yann Queffélec (born September 4, 1949 in Paris) 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. Their father was the writer Henri Queffélec.
Partial bibliography
- Les Noces barbares (1984)
- Osmose (2000)
- The Sea (2003): coauthor with photographer Philip Plisson and Eliane Georges.
- Daniell, Steven (22 March 2001). "Osmose. (Fiction).(Review)". World Literature Today.
- Bowles, Philip (1 February 2003). "Article: Portrait of the sea". Geographical.