Pierre Moinot
Pierre Moinot (pjɛʁ mwano; 29 March 1920, in Fressines, Deux-Sèvres – 6 March 2007, in Paris) was a French novelist. He was elected to the Académie française on 21 January 1982.
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- Name
- Pierre Moinot
- Born
- 29 March 1920
- Birthplace
- Fressines, France
- Died
- 6 March 2007
- Place of death
- Paris, France
- Occupation
- Novelist
- Known for
- Member of the Académie française
- Full name
- Pierre Gaston Moinot.
- Nationality
- France.
- Honours
- Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, Croix de guerre 1939–1945, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, Prix Femina, Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française and Charles Veillon prize in the French language.
- Languages
- French.
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Pierre Moinot (pjɛʁ mwano; 29 March 1920, in Fressines, Deux-Sèvres – 6 March 2007, in Paris) was a French novelist. He was elected to the Académie française on 21 January 1982.
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• Name — Pierre Moinot • Born — 29 March 1920 • Birthplace — Fressines, France • Died — 6 March 2007 • Place of death — Paris, France • Occupation — Novelist • Known for — Member of the Académie française
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1920
Pierre Moinot born at Fressines.
2007
Pierre Moinot died at 6th arrondissement of Paris.
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- Armes et Bagages, roman (1952)
- La Chasse royale, roman (1954) - Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française – The Royal Hunt, tr. Ralph Manheim (1955)
- La Blessure, nouvelles (1957)
- Le Voleur, court métrage (adaptation) (1960)
- Le Sable vif, roman (1964) – An Ancient Enemy, tr. Francis Price (1965)
- Repos à Bacoli, dramatique (1966)
- Quand la liberté venait du ciel, série de douze dramatiques (1967)
- Héliogabale, théâtre (1971)
- La Griffe et la Dent, album animalier (1977)
- Mazarin, série de quatre dramatiques originales (1978)
- Mazarin, scénario (1978)
- Le Guetteur d’ombre, roman (1979)
- Jeanne d'Arc, série de quatre dramatiques originales (1988, in collaboration with Jean-François Griblin)
- Jeanne d’Arc, le pouvoir et l’innocence (1988)
- La Descente du fleuve, roman (1991)
- Tous comptes faits, entretiens (1993)
- T. E. Lawrence en guerre, étude (1994)
- Attention à la peinture (1997)
- Tous comptes faits, entretiens (2nd edition, 1997)
- Le matin vient et aussi la nuit (1999) – As Night Follows Day, tr. Jody Gladding and Elizabeth Deshays (2001)
- La Mort en lui (2002)
- Coup d'état (2003)
- La Saint-Jean d'été (2007)
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Pierre Moinot was recorded at birth as Pierre Gaston Moinot. His recorded language was French. He was the child of Camille Moinot. He married Madeleine Sarrailh. Moinot received Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, Croix de guerre 1939–1945, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, Prix Femina, Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française and Charles Veillon prize in the French language. Recorded as writer, official, french resistance fighter, politician and magistrate.
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