Jean-Claude Andro (1937,

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– 2000) was a French writer. He published his first novel at 22 and then left to teach in Mexico (1960–62). He then pursued a career as a novelist and translator (''Zone sacrée'' and ''Chant des aveugles'' by

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and ''Christ des ténèbres'' by

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). In 1998 he was awarded the

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bestowed by the Académie française for all his work.prix Henri de Régnier de l’Académie française.
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Prix Amic
(1993 and 1996) and th
Prix Mottard
(1995) by this same Académie.

Bibliography

*1959: ''Les Vacances interdites'', Plon *1968: ''La Mer des Sargasses'',

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, Prix Bretagne *1969: ''La Neige autour'', Denoël *1971: ''le vent dans les arbres'', Flammarion *1972: ''L’Esprit du lieu'', Flammarion *1977: ''La Maison profonde'', Flammarion: Grand Prix de l’Académie de Bretagne *1983: ''Des Masques dans un bal'', Flammarion *1992: ''La Région des grands lacs'', Flammarion *1992: ''L’Esprit du lieu'', Flammarion *1992: ''Toutes les salles de la forêt'', Flammarion *1992: ''Les Fontaines écarlates'', Flammarion

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Andro, Jean-Claude Writers from Quimper 20th-century French novelists 20th-century French male writers Spanish–French translators 1937 births 2000 deaths 20th-century translators