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Louis Nucéra (17 July 1928 – 9 August 2000) was an award-winning 20th-century French writer. He published his first novel ''L'obstiné'' in 1970.


Biography

As well as being a writer, Nucéra was a cyclist (he rode the same circuit as the 1949 Tour de France), a bank clerk, a journalist, a press secretary in a record company, and a literary director at
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, Hardellet, Brassens and Moretti. Nucéra died on August 9, 2000, in the industrial zone of
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when he was hit by a car while bike riding.


Awards

* 1981:
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for ''Le Chemin de la Lanterne'' * 1991: Prix Jacques-Chardonne for ''Le ruban rouge'' * 1993:
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for the whole of his work


Works

* 1970: ''L'obstiné'' * 1971: ''Le greffier'' * 1973: ''Cocteau - Moretti, l'âge du verseau'' * 1973: ''Les chats « Il n'y a pas de quoi fouetter un homme »'' * 1974: ''L'Ami'' * 1975: ''Dora, dans l'enfer du camp de concentration où les savants nazis préparaient la conquête de l'espace'' * 1977: ''La Kermesse aux idoles'' * 1979: ''Avenue des Diables-Bleus '' * 1980: ''Les Roues de la fortune'' * 1981: ',
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* 1983: ''Entre chien et chat'' * 1984: ''Le kiosque à musique'' * 1987: ''Mes rayons de soleil'' * 1989: ''La chanson de Maria'' * 1990: ''Principauté de Monaco '' * 1991: ''Le ruban rouge'', Prix Jacques-Chardonne * 1994: ''Mes ports d'attache'' * 1997: ''Le roi René'' * 1994: ''Villages perchés de Provence et de la Riviera'' * 1998: ''Ils s'aimaient'' * 1998: ''Parc national du Mercantour. Montagnes du soleil'', with Christine Michiels and Bertrand Bodin * 2000: ''Une Bouffée d'air frais'' * 2000: ''Saint-Malo, le rêve breton d'une enfance niçoise '' * 2001: ''Les contes du lapin agile'' (posthumous) * 2001: ', presented and foreworded by Bernard Morlino, (posthumous) * 2001: ''Les Chats de Paris'', with Joseph Delteil, (posthumous) * 2001: ''Sa majesté le chat'', (posthumous) * 2008: ''Le goût de Nice'', with , and Max Gallo, (posthumous) * 2010: ''Ils ont éclairé mon chemin'', an anthology of literary critics brought together and presented by Bernard Morlino.


Further reading

1999: ''Nice, from Colette to Louis Nucera'' r:Nice, de Colette à Louis Nucera Éditions du Collège Fabre, Nice, with Nicole Vaillant. 2006: ''La Mémoire d'un siècle (Conférences)'', Éditions Vaillant.


External links


Biographie

Louis Nucéra
on Babelio
''Louis Nucera, le copain d'alors''
on ''
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Hommage to Louis Nucéra
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''La fascination de Louis Nucera''
on INA.fr {{DEFAULTSORT:Nucera, Louis 20th-century French writers 20th-century French journalists Cycling journalists 1928 births Writers from Nice 2000 deaths Road incident deaths in France Prix Interallié winners