Michel Breitman (10 August 1926 – 16 May 2009) was a French writer and translator. He won the 1986 edition of the

Prix des Deux Magots The Prix des Deux Magots () is a major French literary prize. It is presented to new works, and is generally awarded to works that are more off-beat and less conventional than those that receive the more mainstream Prix Goncourt. The name derives ...

with his novel ''Le Témoin de poussière''. A translator of

Dino Buzzati Dino Buzzati-Traverso (; 14 October 1906 – 28 January 1972) was an Italian novelist, short story writer, painter and poet, as well as a journalist for ''Corriere della Sera''. His worldwide fame is mostly due to his novel '' The Tartar St ...

, Breitman also published numerous novels, short stories and radio plays. He wrote his first novel, ''Vétrino ou le bonhomme de verre'' directly in Italian, and upon returning to France, he wrote all his other works in his native tongue. In 1964, he published the novella ''Sébastien''. The film ''

Fortunat ''Fortunat'' (English: ''Fortunate'') is a 1960 Franco-Italian co-production motion picture comedy directed and written by Alex Joffé, based on a novel by Michel Breitman. The film stars Bourvil and Michèle Morgan. It tells the story of a la ...

'', featuring

Bourvil André Robert Raimbourg (; 27 July 1917 – 23 September 1970), better known as André Bourvil (), and mononymously as Bourvil, was a French actor and singer best known for his roles in comedy films, most notably in his collaboration with Loui ...

and

Michèle Morgan Michèle Morgan (; born Simone Renée Roussel; 29 February 1920 – 20 December 2016) was a French film actress, who was a leading lady for three decades in both French cinema and Hollywood features. She is considered one of the greatest Fren ...

, was an adaptation of his eponymous novel published in 1955.

Bibliography

*1952: ''Carnet des Faux-Semblants'',

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*1953: ''Vetrino'', Vallechi Editore *1955: ''Fortunat, ou le père adopté'',

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*1956: ''L'Homme aux mouettes'', Denoël *1957: ''Le Mal de Dieu'', Denoël *1958: ''Une lettre'', Denoël *1964: ''Sébastien'', Denoël *1970: ''D'exil en exil'', Denoël *1985: ''Le Témoin de poussière'', Laffont, Prix Ève Delacroix of the Académie française and

*1995: ''Après la mort de l'homme'',

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References

External links

Michel Breitman
on the site of the Académie française
"Tempête pour le crâne de Mozart" with Michel Breitman (Tempest for the skull of Mozart)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Breitman, Michel 20th-century French writers 20th-century French male writers Italian–French translators German–French translators English–French translators Prix Fénéon winners Prix des Deux Magots winners 1926 births People from Loir-et-Cher 2009 deaths French male non-fiction writers 20th-century French translators