François Nourissier

François Nourissier was born in Paris on 18 May 1927. Secretary general of Éditions Denoël from 1952 and editor-in-chief of the magazine La Parisienne from 1955 to 1958, he was then an adviser to the Grasset publishing house from 1958 to 1996, while working as a literary critic. He received the Prix Femina in 1970. Elected to the Goncourt Academy in 1977, he chaired it from 1996 to 2002. He died in Paris, his native city, on 15 February 2011.

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• NarrativeUn petit bourgeoisFrançois Nourissier · 1963not translated into EnglishLiterature