About
Jean Raspail, born July 5, 1925 in Chemillé-sur-Dême and died June 13, 2020 in Paris, was a French novelist, journalist, and explorer. He led a car expedition from Tierra del Fuego to Alaska (1950-1952) and a French research expedition to the land of the Incas (1954). Author of more than forty books, he is best known for his dystopian novel The Camp of the Saints (1973), which depicts a mass migration overwhelming Western civilization. He received the Grand Prix du roman from the Académie française in 1981 for Moi, Antoine de Tounens, roi de Patagonie and the Grand Prix de littérature from the Académie française in 2003 for his body of work.
* 1925-07-05 — † 2020-06-13
Major works
- Le Camp des Saints (1973)novel
- Moi, Antoine de Tounens, roi de Patagonie (1981)novel
- Sire (1990)novel
Key milestones
- 1950-1952Led a car expedition from Tierra del Fuego to Alaska.
- 1981Received the Grand Prix du roman from the Académie française.
- 2003Received the Grand Prix de littérature from the Académie française and became an officer of the Legion of Honour.
Themes
immigration and collapse of civilizroyalty and Catholic monarchyexploration and distant landsidentity and traditionutopia and dystopia
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