Michel Tournier
Michel Tournier was a French writer. He won awards such as the Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française in 1967 for Friday, or, The Other Island and the Prix Goncourt for The Erl-King in 1970. His inspirations included traditional German culture, Catholicism and the philosophies of Gaston Bachelard. He resided in Choisel and was a member of the Académie Goncourt. His autobiography has been translated and published as The Wind Spirit. He was on occasion in contention for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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Full Name
Michel-Marie-Édouard Tournier
Date of Birth
December 19th, 1924
Age
99
Birth Place
France, Île-de-France, Paris
Date of Death
January 18th, 2016
Died Aged
91
Star Sign
Sagittarius
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