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Henri Queffélec (29 January 1910 – 13 January 1992) was a French writer and screenwriter.
Biography
He studied at the lycée Louis-le-Grand and then the École normale supérieure. He obtained the "agrégation de lettres" in 1934. He is considered the great maritime novelist in French of the 20th century; Queffélec was the author of more than 80 books, many of which were inspired by his native Brittany and by the sea, e.g. ''Un recteur de l'Île de Sein'' which was filmed by Jean Delannoy under the title ''Dieu a besoin des hommes''. He was awarded the Grand prix du roman of the Académie française in 1958 for ''Un royaume sous la mer'' ; he was awarded the ordre de l'Hermine in 1988. Henri Queffélec was the father of the authorYann Queffélec
Yann Queffélec (born 4 September 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 the late pianist Brigitte Engere ...
, the pianist Anne Queffélec
Anne Queffélec (born 17 January 1948) is a French classical pianist, born in Paris.
Biography
Anne Queffélec is the daughter of Henri Queffélec and sister of Yann Queffélec, both noted writers. Her brother Hervé Queffélec is a mathema ...
and of the mathematician Hervé Queffélec, and father-in-law of Hervé's wife, mathematician Martine Queffélec.
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* 1910 births 1992 deaths 20th-century French non-fiction writers École Normale Supérieure alumni French male screenwriters 20th-century French screenwriters Maritime writers Writers from Brest, France Roman Catholic writers Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française winners 20th-century French male writers {{France-writer-stub