What is Michel Tournier?
[[Image:Michel Tournier.jpg|thumb|Michel Tournier.]] '''Michel Tournier''' (19 December 1924 &ndash; 18 January 2016) was a [[French people|French]] writer. He has 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 (novel)|The Erl-King]]'' in 1970. He was a member of the [[Académie Goncourt]]. His autobiography has been translated and published as ''The Wind Spirit'' (Beacon Press, 1988). He had been named as a contender for the [[Nobel Prize in Literature]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dn.se/arkiv/kultur/nobelpristagaren-klar-redan-i-morgon|title=Nobelpristagaren klar redan i morgon|work=DN.SE|access-date=19 January 2016}}</ref> He was born in [[Paris]], France. Tournier died on 18 January 2016 in [[Choisel]], France at the age of 91.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2016/01/18/97001-20160118FILWWW00360-l-ecrivain-michel-tournier-est-mort.php|title=L'écrivain Michel Tournier est mort à l'âge de 91 ans|publisher=Le Figaro.fr|access-date=18 January 2016}} {{in lang|fr}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{Prix Goncourt|state=autocollapse}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Tournier, Michel}} [[Category:1924 births]] [[Category:2016 deaths]] [[Category:Writers from Paris]]