French novelist (1933–2024)
Claude Courchay (5 November 1933 – 8 February 2024) was a French novelist.
Courchay notably received the Grand prix RTL-Lire for his novel "Retour à Malaveil".
Biography.
Born in Dakar, French West Africa on 5 November 1933, Courchay earned an "Agrégation d'histoire". During the 1970s, he wrote articles in the magazine "Les Temps modernes". He was described favorably by Simone de Beauvoir in her book "Tout compte fait". In 1992, he published "La vie comme avant", which took place in a small village in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence and was narrated by a farmer who lives alone.
Claude Courchay died in Digne-les-Bains on 8 February 2024, at the age of 90.
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