Jean-Marie Laclavetine

Jean-Marie Laclavetine
Born (1954-02-17)17 February 1954
Bordeaux
Nationality French
Period Contemporary
Notable works Les emmurés

Jean-Marie Laclavetine (born February 17, 1954 in Bordeaux) is a French editor, writer and translator of Italian literature into French.

Biography

Jean-Marie Laclavetine was born in 1954 in Bordeaux. At the age of twenty-six he published his first novel, Les Emmurés, for which he received the literary award Prix Fénéon in 1981. Since 1989 he has been a member of the Gallimard publishing house Comité de Lecture. He translated the Italian authors Alberto Savinio, Giuseppe Antonio Borgese, Leonardo Sciascia, Vitaliano Brancati and Alberto Moravia into French. Laclavetine lives in Tours, France.

Works

References

  1. Prix du Roman Historique des Rendez-Vous de l'Histoire

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