Jean Duvignaud (22 February 1921 – 17 February 2007) was a French novelist, sociologist and anthropologist. He was born in

La Rochelle La Rochelle (, , ; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''La Rochéle'') is a city on the west coast of France and a seaport on the Bay of Biscay, a part of the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of the Charente-Maritime Departments of France, department. Wi ...

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, on February 22, 1921. Duvignaud was a secondary school teacher first at Abbeville, then at Étampes (1947–1956), where he taught

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. After submitting his doctoral thesis, he taught at the University of

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, the ex-wife of novelist André Malraux. He died (aged 85) in La Rochelle on February 17, 2007.

Bibliography

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Commemoration by Laurent Vidal published in ''Le Monde'' on 21 February 2007

Interview with Duvignaud from the ''Institut d'urbanisme de Paris''
1921 births 2007 deaths People from La Rochelle Academic staff of the University of Tours 20th-century French novelists 21st-century French novelists French sociologists French male novelists 20th-century French anthropologists Sociologists of art {{France-academic-bio-stub