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Alain Absire (; born 1950 in
Rouen Rouen (, ; or ) is a city on the River Seine, in northwestern France. It is in the prefecture of Regions of France, region of Normandy (administrative region), Normandy and the Departments of France, department of Seine-Maritime. Formerly one ...
) is a French writer, and winner of the
Prix Femina The Prix Femina is a French List of literary awards, literary prize awarded each year by an exclusively female jury. The prize, which was established in 1904, is awarded to French-language works written in prose or Verse (poetry), verse by male ...
, 1987, for ''L'Égal de Dieu''.


Works

He is the author of about 20 books published by
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,
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etc., his publications include: ;Novels: *1979: ''L'Homme disparu'', Albin Michel *1983: ''Vasile Evanescu, l'homme à tête d'oiseau'', Calmann-Lévy (Prix Libre 1984) *1984: ''118, rue Terminale'', Calmann-Lévy *1985: ''Lazare ou le grand sommeil'', Calmann-Lévy *1987: ''L'Égal de Dieu'', Calmann-Lévy,
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*1990: ''Baptiste ou la dernière saison'', Calmann-Lévy *1995: ''L'Enfant-lune'', Julliard *1997: ''Alessandro ou la guerre des chiens'', Flammarion *1999: ''Les Noces fatales'', Flammarion *2000: ''Le Pauvre d'Orient'', Presses de la Renaissance *2002: ''Lapidation'', Fayard *2003: ''La Déclaration d'amour'', Fayard *2004: ''Jean S''., Fayard *2007: ''Sans pays'', Fayard *2014: ''Mon sommeil sera paisible'', Gallimard ;Short stories: *1985: ''L'Éveil'', Le Castor astral *1989: ''Mémoires du bout du monde'', Presses de la Renaissance *1991: ''Les Tyrans'', Presses de la Renaissance *2006: ''Au voyageur qui ne fait que passer'', Fayard *2008: ''Saga italienne'',
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;Essays: *2004: ''Alejo Carpentier'', Julliard ;Collections: *2004: ''Lettres à Dieu'', collectif, Calmann-Lévy


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Absire, Alain 1950 births Living people Writers from Rouen 20th-century French novelists 20th-century French male writers French literary critics Prix Femina winners French male novelists French male non-fiction writers Date of birth missing (living people)