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Jean-Marie Laclavetine
French editor, writer and translator
Jean-Marie Laclavetine | |
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French editor, writer and translator of Italian literature into French | |
Born | ()17 February Bordeaux |
Nationality | French |
Period | Contemporary |
Notable works | Les emmurés |
Jean-Marie Laclavetine (born February 17, , in Bordeaux) is a French editor, writer and translator of Italian literature into French.
Biography
Jean-Marie Laclavetine was born in in Bordeaux. At the age of twenty-six he published his first novel, Les Emmurés, for which he received the literary award Prix Fénéon in Since he has been a member of the Éditions Gallimard publishing house Comité de Lecture.
He translated the Italian authors Alberto Savinio, Giuseppe Antonio Borgese, Leonardo Sciascia, Vitaliano Brancati and Alberto Moravia into French. Laclavetine lives in Tours, France.
Works
- Les emmurés, Gallimard, (Prix Fénéon)
- La Maison des absences, Gallimard,
- Donnafugata, Gallimard,