Julien Gracq

Louis Poirier, who wrote as Julien Gracq, was born on 27 July 1910 in Saint-Florent-le-Vieil, on the banks of the Loire. A student at the École normale supérieure, he passed the agrégation in history and geography in 1934 and taught in several lycées, including a Parisian lycée until his retirement in 1970. He kept away from literary life and remained loyal to his first publisher, José Corti. His work entered the Bibliothèque de la Pléiade during his lifetime. He spent his last years in his native town and died in Angers on 22 December 2007.

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• NovelThe Opposing ShoreLe Rivage des SyrtesJulien Gracq · 1951Literature