Gracq, Julien b. July 27, 1910 d. December 22, 2007 Author. Gracq was a leading French writer of the post-World War II era. Born Louis Poirier, he studied in Paris and dedicated his first novel, "The Castle of Argol" (1932), to Surrealist leader Andre Bretón. During the Second World War he served in the French Army. In 1950 Gracq began publishing the "Empédocle" magazine, which fiercely attacked contemporary literary culture. The following year he won the Prix Goncourt for his best known work, "The Opposite Shore" ("Le Rivage des Syrtes")...[Read More] (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni) Cimetière de Saint-Florent-le-Vieil, Saint-Florent-le-Vieil, Departement de Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France
b. July 27, 1910 d. December 22, 2007