François Nourissier was a French journalist

Journalist

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 and writer

Writer

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Nourissier was the secretary-general of Éditions Denoël

Éditions Denoël

Éditions Denoël is a French publishing house founded in 1930 by the Belgian Robert Denoël and the American Bernard Steele .Called the Éditions Denoël-Steel during its first few years, it had its first success in 1932 with Voyage au bout de la nuit by Louis-Ferdinand Céline...

 (1952–1955), editor of the review La Parisienne (1955–1958), and an adviser with the Éditions Grasset

Éditions Grasset

-Two famous novels:* Une histoire française of François Nourissier, Grand prix du roman de l'Académie française)* Oublier Palerme of Edmonde Charles-Roux, Prix Goncourt...

 Paris publishing house (1958–1996).

In 1970, he won the Prix Femina

Prix Femina

The Prix Femina is a French literary prize created in 1904 by 22 writers for the magazine La Vie heureuse . The prize is decided each year by an exclusively female jury, although the authors of the winning works do not have to be women...

 for his book La crève. Several of his novels have been made into motion pictures and in 1973 he was a member of the Jury at the Cannes Film Festival

Cannes Film Festival

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François Nourissier was elected to the Académie Goncourt

Académie Goncourt

The Société littéraire des Goncourt , usually called the académie Goncourt , is a French literary organization based in Paris. It was founded by the French writer and publisher Edmond de Goncourt...

 in 1977. He served as the literary organization's Secretary-General in 1983, and was its president from 1996 to 2002.

In 2002, he was awarded the Prix mondial Cino Del Duca

Prix mondial Cino Del Duca

The Prix mondial Cino Del Duca is an international literary award.-Origins and operations:It was established in 1969 in France by Simone Del Duca to continue the work of her husband, publishing magnate Cino Del Duca .Designed to recognize and reward an author whose work constitutes, in a...

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On February 15 2011 Francois Nourissier died at Sainte-Perine Hospital in Paris from the complications of Parkinson's disease

Parkinson's disease

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Major works

• 1951 : L'Eau Grise
• 1956 : Les Orphelins d'Auteuil, Les Chiens à fouetter
• 1957 : Le Corps de Diane
• 1958 : Bleu comme la nuit
• 1964 : Un petit bourgeois
• 1965 : Une histoire française - Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française
  Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française
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• 1970 : La crève (Prix Femina
  Prix Femina
  The Prix Femina is a French literary prize created in 1904 by 22 writers for the magazine La Vie heureuse . The prize is decided each year by an exclusively female jury, although the authors of the winning works do not have to be women...
  
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• 1973 : Allemande
• 1981 : L'Empire des nuages
• 1985 : La Fête des pères
• 1992 : Le Gardien des ruines
• 1997 : Le Bar de l'escadrille
• 2001 : À défaut de génie
• 2003 : Le prince des berlingots
• 2008 : Eau-de-feu