Bernard Chambaz
Illustration — Bernard Chambaz Bernard Chambaz (born 18 May 1949 in Boulogne-Billancourt) is a French writer, historian and poet, winner of several French literary prizes.
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Illustration — Bernard Chambaz Bernard Chambaz (born 18 May 1949 in Boulogne-Billancourt) is a French writer, historian and poet, winner of several French literary prizes.
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• 2005: Kinopanorama, Panama • 2007: Yankee, Panama • 2010: Ghetto, Seuil • Travel narrations • 2003: Petit voyage d'Alma-Ata à Achkhabad, Seuil • 2003: À mon tour, Seuil • 2007: Evviva l'Italia: ballade, Éditions Panama • 2013: Portugal, Bourin Éditeur • Narrations • 1994: Martin cet été, Julliard • 2011: Plonger, Gallimard • 2012: Caro carissimo Puccini, Gallimard • Other • 2004: L'Humanité (1904–2004), Seuil • 2006: Des nuages, Seuil • 2011: Marathon(s), Seuil
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Bernard Chambaz born at Boulogne-Billancourt.
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Prizes and honours
• 1993: Prix Goncourt du premier roman for L'Arbre de vies, François Bourin, 1992 • 1994: Prix Paul Vaillant-Couturier for Martin cet été, Julliard • 2005: Prix Apollinaire for Eté, Flammarion, 2005 • 2009: Prix Louis-Guilloux for Yankee (éditions du Panama, 2008) • 2014: Prix Louis-Nucera, Prix Roland de Jouvenel of the Académie française and Grand prix de littérature sportive for Dernières nouvelles du martin-pêcheur (Flammarion)
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• Poetry • 1983: & le plus grand poème par-dessus bord jeté, Seghers • 1985: Corpus, Messidor • 1987: Vers l'infini milieu des années quatre-vingt, Seghers • 1992: Italiques deux, Seghers • 1997: Entre-temps, Flammarion • 1999: Échoir, Flammarion • 2005: Été, Flammarion • 2010: Été II, Flammarion • Essais • 1987: Le Principe Renaissance, la Sétérée • 1989: La Dialectique Véronèse, La Sétérée • 1999: Œil noir (Degas), Flohic • 2001: Autoportrait sous les arbres, Flohic • 2003: La Déposition, with Jean-Pierre Schneider, Le Temps qu'il fait • 2006: Ecce Homo (Rembrandt), Éditions Desclée de Brouwer • 2010: Le vif du sujet, Le Temps qu'il fait • 2014: Petite philosophie du vélo, Flammarion • 2016: À tombeau ouvert, Stock • Novels • 1992: L'Arbre de vies, F. Bourin; Points-Seuil, (Prix Goncourt du premier roman) • 1995: L'Orgue de Barbarie, Seuil, • 1997: La Tristesse du roi, Seuil • 1998: Le Pardon aux oiseaux, Seuil • 2000: Une fin d'après-midi dans les jardins du zoo, Seuil • 2014: Dernières nouvelles du martin-pêcheur, Flammarion • 2015: Vladimir Vladimirovitch, Flammarion
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Formation and teaching. Chambaz studied at University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne. The record notes the qualification French university master. He trained under Jacques Droz. Chambaz received Prix Goncourt du premier roman, Prix Guillaume Apollinaire, Louis Guilloux Prize, Roland de Jouvenel Prize and Prix Emmanuel Roblès.
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