Jean Rouaud
Jean Rouaud ( born December 13, 1952 in Campbon near Nantes ) is a French writer.
He lives in Campbon. The focus of his work is his own family history.
Works
- Fields of Honor - Roman
- Hadrian's Villa in our garden - Roman ( 1994)
- The approximate world - Roman (1997)
- The China Shop - Roman ( 2000) ISBN 3-492-04114-0
- My old lover - Roman ( 2002) ISBN 3-492-27031- X
- To write is to bring every word to sound - A Credo (2004) ISBN 3-86555-012-6,
- The Steinzeitzircus (1999)
Awards
- Prix Goncourt (1990 ) for The Fields of Honor (Les Champs d' honneur )
- André Gide Prize (2004) for La désincarnation and his translator Elsbeth Ranke ( ie udT letter, every word into sound )