- Tournier, Michel
- (1924- )writerBorn in Paris, Michel Tournier in Le Vent paraclet (1977), an intellectual autobiography as well as an aesthetic literary essay, relates the stages of his late introduction to literature (age 43). Seeking to teach philosophy, he wanted to find a path between that study and the novel, by way of the great myths that are always culturally alive. His major novels are at the same time meditations on civilization (Vendredi ou les Limbes du Pacifique, 1967) or studies on free will and the power of the imagination (Le Roi des aulnes, 1970, prix Goncourt). Les Météores (1975) retells the story of twins in mythology while Gaspard, Melchior et Balthasar (1980) and La Goutte d'or (1985) follow the dream of a classical writer. Tournier has also written stories and short stories (Coq de bruyère, 1978; Le Medianoche amoureux, 1989) and has demonstrated his love of photography in Des clefs et des serrures (1979) and Journal de voyage au Canada (1984). Tournier was elected to the Académie Goncourt in 1972.
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