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Claude Simon

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French writer (1913–2005)

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Claude Simon was a French writer and novelist. Born in Antananarivo on 10 October 1913, he was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and associated with the Nouveau Roman movement. He served in the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War. Simon received the Nobel Prize in Literature, the Prix Médicis, and the Austrian Decoration for Science and Art.

He died in Paris on 6 July 2005 and was buried at Montmartre Cemetery. His notable works include *La Route Des Flandres*, *Les Géorgiques*, and *Flandra Yolu*. Simon wrote in French and was educated at Collège Stanislas de Paris and Lycée Saint-Louis.

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Person · Open Library

Born
10 October 1913
Died
6 July 2005
Works
128

Top works

  • העשב
  • La Route Des Flandres
  • Nobel Konusmasi - Claude Simon - 1985
  • Les Géorgiques
  • Flandra Yolu

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Germany
Active from
1972-03-16
german audiobook reader

Discography

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
12
Total plays
21

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Claude+Simon">Read more on Last.fm</a>

via Last.fm · Claude Simon

Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Prize in Literature1985

    who in his novel combines the poet's and the painter's creativeness with a deepened awareness of time in the depiction of the human condition

~12 min read

Encyclopedic overview

Claude Eugène Henri Simon ( French: [klod simɔ̃]; 10 October 1913 – 6 July 2005) was a French novelist and recipient of the 1985 Nobel Prize in Literature.

Biography

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Claude Simon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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