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Jean-Jacques Gautier

Jean-Jacques Gautier (4 November 1908, Essômes-sur-Marne, Aisne – 20 April 1986) was a French theatre critic, novelist and essayist. A Norman via his father (a pharmacist in Dieppe) and a champenois via his mother, he was elected a member of the Académie française in 1972.

Jean-Jacques Gautier

La tombe de l'écrivain et journaliste Jean-Jacques Gautier au cimetière parisien de Bagneux dans les Hauts-de-Seine. (Division 63, Ligne 20, Tombe 24)

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Born
1908. · Essômes-sur-Marne.
Died
1986. · 4th arrondissement of Paris.
Nationality
France.
Occupation
journalist, film critic, writer and theatre critic.
Fields
theatre criticism, French literature and journalism.
Known for
Histoire d'un fait divers.
Honours
Prix Goncourt, Prince Pierre Award, Legion of Honour and Croix de guerre 1939–1945.
Languages
French.

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Jean-Jacques Gautier (4 November 1908, Essômes-sur-Marne, Aisne – 20 April 1986) was a French theatre critic, novelist and essayist. A Norman via his father (a pharmacist in Dieppe) and a champenois via his mother, he was elected a member of the Académie française in 1972.

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