About
Julien Gracq, real name Louis Poirier, was a French writer born in 1910 in Saint-Florent-le-Vieil and died in 2007. An agrégé in history and geography, he taught at the Lycée Claude-Bernard in Paris while publishing novels, essays, and prose poems. Close to Surrealism without formally joining, he is known for refusing the Prix Goncourt in 1951 for 'The Opposing Shore'. His work, marked by dense and dreamlike writing, explores themes of waiting, desire, and landscape. He entered the Pléiade during his lifetime and bequeathed his manuscripts to the BnF.
* 1910-07-27 — † 2007-12-22
Major works
- Au château d'Argol (1938)novel
- Le Rivage des Syrtes (1951)novel
- Un balcon en forêt (1958)novel
- La Presqu'île (1970)short story collection
- En lisant en écrivant (1980)essay
Key milestones
- 1951Refused the Prix Goncourt for 'The Opposing Shore'.
- 1989Entered the Bibliothèque de la Pléiade during his lifetime.
- 2007Bequeathed his manuscripts to the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Themes
waitingdesirelandscapehistoryliterature
Sources: bnf.fr · id.loc.gov · jose-corti.fr