Michel Tournier

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Michel Tournier was a renowned French writer and intellectual, best known for his philosophical novels and his influential role in promoting photography and visual culture.

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instanceOf French writer
essayist
human
intellectual
awardReceived Goethe Medal NERFINISHED
Grand prix du roman de l’Académie française NERFINISHED
Prix Goncourt NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship France
dateOfBirth 1924-12-19
dateOfDeath 2016-01-18
educatedAt Sorbonne University NERFINISHED
University of Tübingen NERFINISHED
familyName Tournier NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork literature
philosophy
photography
visual culture
gender male
genre essay
fiction
philosophical novel
givenName Michel NERFINISHED
hasTheme childhood
evil
identity
myth reinterpretation
philosophical reflection
solitude
influenced contemporary French novelists
influencedBy German philosophy
mythology
languageOfWorkOrName French
memberOf Académie Goncourt NERFINISHED
movement contemporary French literature
name Michel Tournier NERFINISHED
nativeLanguage French
notableFor philosophical novels
promotion of photography
promotion of visual culture
notableWork Friday, or, The Other Island NERFINISHED
Gaspard, Melchior et Balthazar NERFINISHED
Le Coq de bruyère NERFINISHED
Le Médianoche amoureux NERFINISHED
Le Roi des Aulnes NERFINISHED
Le Vent Paraclet NERFINISHED
Les Météores NERFINISHED
The Erl-King NERFINISHED
Vendredi ou les Limbes du Pacifique NERFINISHED
occupation essayist
novelist
philosopher
writer
placeOfBirth France
Paris
placeOfDeath Choisel NERFINISHED
France
Yvelines NERFINISHED

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Les Rencontres d’Arles (photography festival) foundedBy Michel Tournier
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The Ogre (1996 film) screenwriter Michel Tournier