Albert Palle (14 September 1916

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) was a French writer, and winner of the 1959

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Life

He was a friend of

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, and student of

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. He fought in the resistance and was awarded the

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. He wrote for the paper '' Le Combat'', ''

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'', and ''

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''.

Works

*''L'expérience: roman'', R. Julliard, 1959 **''Die Erfahrung: Roman'', Rowohlt, 1961 **''Experience'', Doubleday, 1961 *''Les marches: roman'', Julliard, 1962 *''Les chaudières et la lune: roman'', R. Julliard, 1965 *''Les mots perdus: nouvelles'', Éd. du Cercle des amis des livres, 1994,

References

External links

* "Albert Palle", ''French wikipedia'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Palle, Albert 1916 births 2007 deaths Writers from Le Havre Prix Renaudot winners Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 (France)