Michel Cournot (; 1 May 1922 – 8 February 2007) was a French

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and

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. As a writer he was awarded the Fénéon Prize in 1949 for ''Martinique''. His only film as a director, '' Les Gauloises bleues'', was due to be entered at the 1968 Cannes Film Festival, but the festival was cancelled because of the events of

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. He received a

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nomination for

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at the 10th Genie Awards in 1989, as cowriter with Claude Fournier and Marie-José Raymond of the Canadian television miniseries '' The Mills of Power (Les Tisserands du pouvoir)''."Genie award nominees: complete list". ''

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'', February 14, 1989.

Selected filmography

* '' Les Gauloises bleues'' (1968)

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* 1922 births 2007 deaths Writers from Paris Lycée Louis-le-Grand alumni French film directors French film critics French male screenwriters 20th-century French screenwriters 20th-century French journalists Deaths from cancer in France Prix des Deux Magots winners French male non-fiction writers Prix Fénéon winners 20th-century French male writers {{France-film-director-stub