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thumb Patrick Grainville (born 1 June 1947 Villers-sur-Mer (Calvados) is a French novelist. He spent his childhood in Villerville, a small town east of Deauville. An Associate Professor of Letters, he received the Prix Goncourt in 1976, 29 years old, for his fourth novel, ''Les Flamboyants, (The Flasher)''.〔("L'estampe érotique de Patrick Grainville" ), ''L'Express'', Baptiste Liger, 01/02/2010〕 He has written extensively on Africa, where he undertook a cooperative mission.〔http://livres.fluctuat.net/patrick-grainville.html〕 He is professor of French at the Lycée Evariste Galois in Sartrouville. Patrick Grainville is also literary critic for ''Le Figaro''. ==Biography== Patrick Grainville spent his childhood in Normandy, regularly going to hunt and to peach with his father,〔Episodes which he notably recalled in ''L'Orgie, la Neige''〕 businessman and mayor of Villerville. He attended the André Maurois lycee in Deauville, then Malherbe in Caen, before wining admission to his higher education at the Lycée Henri-IV and to the Sorbonne where he prepares his civil service competitive examination. At the age of 19 years Patrick wrote first manuscript7, then in 25 he published his first novel ''"The Fleece"'',〔(''Grainville, la vérité crashée )'', Jean-Baptiste Harang dans ''Libération '' du 6 janvier 2000.〕 which was immediately accepted by Gallimard.〔in a letter addressed to the author on September 12, 1972, published on the occasion of Prix Goncourt for The Flamboyants in "Le Monde" dated from November 17th 1976, p. 31.〕 Just before dying Henry de Montherlant predicted him great future and lauded his specific style. His next novel The Edge failed Goncourt in 1973, in the fifth tour against ''"The ogre"'' by Jacques Chessex,〔''La compagnie des écrivains'' par Gérard Valbert aux Éditions L'Âge d'Homme, 2003, p. 272.〕 to the great displeasure of Michel Tournier who supported it in jury.〔To greet Grainville, Michel Tournier, Le Figaro dated from November 24th, 1973.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Patrick Grainville」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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