Pierre Combescot
Pierre Combescot (9 January 1940 Limoges – 27 June 2017) was a French journalist and writer. He worked for the Canard Enchaîné, under the pseudonym Luc Décygnes. He was also a columnist in Paris Match.
Pierre Combescot
- Full name
- Pierre Marc Combescot.
- Born
- 1940. · Limoges.
- Died
- 2017. · 15th arrondissement of Paris.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- writer and journalist.
- Honours
- Prix Goncourt, Prix Goncourt des Lycéens and Prix Médicis.
- Languages
- French.
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Pierre Combescot. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q1238611 · wikipedia · Pierre Combescot
In this article
Works
Works
• Louis II de Bavière, Lattès, 1974 • Les Chevaliers du crépuscule, Lattès 1975 (ASIN B0000DQ1EB) • Les Funérailles de la Sardine, Grasset – 1986 • Les Petites Mazarines, Grasset 1990 • Les Filles du Calvaire, Grasset – 1991 • La Sainte famille, Grasset 1996 • Le Songe du Pharaon, Grasset 1998 • Lansquenet, Grasset 2002 • Les Diamants de la guillotine, Robert Laffont 2003 • Ce soir on soupe chez Pétrone, Grasset 2004 • Pour mon plaisir et ma délectation charnelle, Grasset 2009
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
Pierre Combescot was recorded at birth as Pierre Marc Combescot. He also worked under the name Luc Décygnes. His recorded language was French.
Identity
Identity
Pierre Combescot is recorded as having received Prix Goncourt, Prix Goncourt des Lycéens and Prix Médicis.
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
The full dated record · 2 entries
1940
Pierre Combescot born at Limoges.
2017
Pierre Combescot died at 15th arrondissement of Paris.
Places
Named by the record
Places
Only places the record itself states, plotted where the house gazetteer settles their coordinates. Nothing is inferred from a name or a nationality.
Limoges.
Birth place
15th arrondissement of Paris.
Death place
Awards
• 1986 Prix Médicis, for The Funeral of the Sardine • 1991 Prix Goncourt, for Les Filles du Calvaire. • Prince Pierre de Monaco Prize
Text attribution
Licensing
Text attribution
Part of the biographical narrative on this page reuses licensed material. Its origin, revision and licence are recorded here.
The biographical narrative on this page is based on the Wikipedia article Pierre Combescot, revision 1226533529 (EN edition), by its contributors. VALÉORINE has edited that text and built its own documentary record around it. The reused material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, and this page's reuse of it is offered under the same licence. Everything else on this page — the chronology, the holdings, the evidence, the plates and the connections — is VALÉORINE's own record. Sources and licences.
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
reference work
Secondary witnessreference work
Secondary witness
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 18 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Books
39,529 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Pierre CharronAuthor
- Pierre Choderlos de LaclosAuthor
- Pierre ChristinAuthor
- Pierre ClostermannAuthor
- Pierre CorneilleAuthor
- Pierre Daniel HuetAuthor
- Pierre DansereauAuthor
- Pierre DaruAuthor
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by Pierre Combescot?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.