Jean Rouaud (born 13 December 1952) is a French author,
who was born in
Campbon,
Loire-Atlantique
Loire-Atlantique (; br, Liger-Atlantel; before 1957: ''Loire-Inférieure'', br, Liger-Izelañ, link=no) is a department in Pays de la Loire on the west coast of France, named after the river Loire and the Atlantic Ocean. It had a population ...
. In 1990 his novel ''Fields of Glory'' (French: ''Les Champs d'honneur'') won the
Prix Goncourt
The Prix Goncourt (french: Le prix Goncourt, , ''The Goncourt Prize'') 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". The prize carries a symbolic reward o ...
. First believed to be the first book in a trilogy, Fields of Glory turned out to be the first book in a series of five books on the family history of the author.
English bibliography
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*''La femme promise''. 2008.
References
External links
*http://www.jean-rouaud.com
1952 births
Living people
People from Loire-Atlantique
20th-century French novelists
21st-century French novelists
Prix Goncourt winners
French male novelists
20th-century French male writers
21st-century French male writers
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