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). In 1969, he won the Roger Nimier Prize with his work ''L'indo''. In 1988 he was awarded th
Prix Mottart
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Work

*1965: ''La Paix des braves'', Julliard *1967: ''Un matin froid'', *1968: ''Le Jardin anglais'', Julliard *1969: ''L'Indo'', Julliard *1971: ''La Chasse en octobre'', Julliard *1972: ''Le Petit Requiem'', followed by ''Pour Déroulède'' *1977: ''Le Grand Soir'', Éditions de la Table ronde *1986: ''Monsieur Léopold'', *1987: ''Vive l'empereur'', Éditions Balland

External links

Michel Doury
on data.bnf.fr
Michel Doury
on the site of the Académie française
List of his translations
on Sens Critique {{DEFAULTSORT:Doury, Michel 20th-century French non-fiction writers English–French translators Roger Nimier Prize winners 1931 births 2007 deaths 20th-century French translators