Angelo Rinaldi (born 17 June 1940) is a French writer and literary critic.

Biography

Rinaldi is the son of Pierre-François Rinaldi and Antoinette Pietri; after growing up in Corsica he became a journalist. He initially worked as a reporter and court correspondent for the newspapers ''Nice-Matin'' and ''Paris-Jour'' and soon acquired a reputation as a writer and a sharp-penned literary critic. As a critic, he worked for '' L'Express'', '' Le Point'' and ''

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'' before becoming literary editor of ''

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'', which he remained until his retirement. Rinaldi is Corsican, and his books often contain detailed observations of Corsica and of the town of

Bastia Bastia (, , , ; co, Bastìa ) is a commune in the department of Haute-Corse, Corsica, France. It is located in the northeast of the island of Corsica at the base of Cap Corse. It also has the second-highest population of any commune on the is ...

where he grew up. He has received the Prix Pierre de Monaco for his body of work. He was elected to Seat 20 of the Académie Française on 21 June 2001, succeeding José Cabanis.

Bibliography

*1969 ''La Loge du Gouverneur'' (awarded the Fénéon Prize) *1971 ''La Maison des Atlantes'' (Gallimard) *1974 ''L'Éducation de l'oubli'' (Denoël) *1977 ''Les Dames de France'' (Gallimard) *1980 ''La Dernière Fête de l'Empire'' (Gallimard) *1985 ''Les Jardins du Consulat'' (Gallimard) *1987 ''Les Roses de Pline'' (Gallimard) *1990 ''La Confession des collines'' (Gallimard) *1993 ''Les jours ne s'en vont pas longtemps'' (Grasset) *1997 ''Dernières nouvelles de la nuit'' (Grasset) *1999 ''Service de presse. Chroniques'' (Plon) *2000 ''Tout ce que je sais de Marie'' (Gallimard)

External links

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L'Académie française
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