Jean Echenoz (French pronunciation:[ʒɑ̃ɛʃ(ə)noz]; born 26 December 1947) is a French writer.
Biography
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Jean Echenoz was born in Orange, Vaucluse, the son of a psychiatrist,[1] He studied in Rodez, Digne-les-Bains, Lyon, Aix-en-Provence, Marseille and Paris, where he has lived since 1970. He published his first book, Le Méridien de Greenwich in 1979, for which he received the Fénéon Prize in 1980. He has published twelve novels to date and received about ten literary prizes, including the Prix Médicis 1983 for Cherokee, the Prix Goncourt 1999 for I'm Gone (Je m'en vais), and the Aristeion Prize for Chopin's Move (Lac) (1989).
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Novels and narratives (récits)
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Le Méridien de Greenwich (Minuit, 1979)
Cherokee (Minuit, 1983) (Godine, 1987; reprinted, University of Nebraska Press, 1994)
Before writing this fictional novel, Jean Echenoz learned about this period from the war diary of a deceased soldier, from historical works, and from original film archives.
Jean Echenoz
Through the destiny of five Poilus (ordinary French foot soldiers) who confidently went to war, the author immerses us in the context of the industrial era and the harsh realities of the First World War. The story takes place during the Battle of Maissin, in which the main hero finds his friends and his older brother in the same regiment. There he discovers that he and his older brother are in love with the same girl. Will they ever return home, in what condition, and what will happen between the two brothers?
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Ravel suivi d'un entretien avec l'auteur
By: jean Echenoz
Narrated by: jean Echenoz
Length: 2 hrs and 36 mins
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Ravel fut grand comme un jockey, donc comme Faulkner. Son corps était si léger qu'en 1914, désireux de s'engager, il tenta de persuader les autorités militaires qu'un pareil poids serait justement idéal pour l'aviation. Cette incorporation lui fut refusée, d'ailleurs on l'exempta de toute obligation mais, comme il insistait, on l'affecta sans rire à la conduite des poids lourds. C'est ainsi qu'on put voir un jour, descendant les Champs-Elysées, un énorme camion militaire contenant une petite forme en capote bleue trop grande agrippée tant bien que mal à un volant trop gros.