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French academic and writer (born 1952)

Bertrand Visage
Born8 March 1952 (1952-03-08) (age 72)
Chateaudrun, Eure et Loir, France
OccupationAcademic and author
LanguageFrench
Notable worksAu pays des nains
Tous les soleils
Angelica
Notable awardsFénéon Prize
Prix Femina
Albert Camus Prize

Bertrand Visage (French pronunciation: [bɛʁtʁɑ̃ vizaʒ]) is a French academic and writer.

He was a Professor of Literature in France for 3 years before moving to Italy to teach French literature for 2 years at the University of Catania in Sicily and afterwards at Naples Eastern University. Following a 2 years residence at the French Academy in Rome at the Villa Medici, he returned to Palermo, Sicily as a cultural attaché at the French Embassy. From 1987 to 1992 he taught French literature at the University of Rome and at the University of Naples.

His novels Tous les soleils and Angelica are both set in Sicily. Tous les soleils won the Prix Femina in 1984 and Angelica the Albert Camus Prize in 1988.

In 1983 he won the Fénéon Prize for his earlier novel Au pays des nains

References

  1. "Les auteurs français contemporains". lalettre.com. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  2. "Tous les lauréats du Prix Femina". Femina. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
Laureates of the Prix Femina
1904–1925
1926–1950
1951–1975
1976–2000
2001–present


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