Julien Gracq turned against French literary circles and rejected the Goncourt Prize, for which he had been chosen for ÒLe Rivage des SyrtesÓ (ÒThe Opposite ShoreÓ), his best-known novel. Paris, FRANCE – 8/12/1951. Julien Gracq, French writer known for Surrealism and solitude and for having turned down France’s top literary prize, died on Saturday 23 in Angers, France. He was 97. Born on July 27, 1910, in St.-Florent-le-Vieil, in the Loire region of France. He lived there until just before his death.
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