Alain Ferry (17 December 1939,

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) is a French professor and writer, recipient of the 2009 edition of the

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Bibliography

*1978: ''El-Kous : éthopée d'un pied-noir'', tale, Paris,

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*1983: ''Le Devoir de rédaction'', novel, Arles,

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*1995: ''La Mer des mamelles : roman d'amour ès-lettres avec des post-scriptum'', Paris, Le Seuil *2009: ''Mémoire d'un fou d'Emma'', essay, Le Seuil *2013: ''Rhapsodie pour un librique défunt'', novel, Rennes,

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*2014: ''Le Livre de Marie-Anne'', novel, Éditions des Équateurs *2014: ''Le Fils d’Étienne'', novel, Rennes, Apogée

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