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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Julien_GracqJulien Gracq - Wikipedia

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   Julien Gracq (French:; 27 July 1910 – 22 December 2007; born Louis Poirier in Saint-Florent-le-Vieil, in the French département of Maine-et-Loire) was a French writer. He wrote novels, critiques, a play, and poetry. His literary works were noted for their dreamlike abstraction, elegant style and refined vocabulary.

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3. www.themodernnovel.org › france › julien-gracqJulien Gracq - The Modern Novel

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   In Paris, he discovered modern art and literature, cinema and Wagner’s operas. He then went to the École normale supérieure, one of the top French universities, where he discovered surrealism. He studied geography and history and graduated in both. He published his first article (on geography) in 1934.

4. fr.wikipedia.org › wiki › Julien_GracqJulien Gracq — Wikipédia

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   Julien Gracq, nom de plume de Louis Poirier, né le 27 juillet 1910 à Saint-Florent-le-Vieil ( Maine-et-Loire) et mort le 22 décembre 2007 à Angers, est un écrivain français . Si Au château d'Argol, son premier roman, fortement influencé par le romantisme noir et par le surréalisme a attiré l'attention d' André Breton, c'est avec Le ...

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6. www.goodreads.com › author › showJulien Gracq (Author of The Opposing Shore) - Goodreads

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   Julien Gracq (27 July 1910 – 22 December 2007), born Louis Poirier in St.-Florent-le-Vieil, in the French "département" of Maine-et-Loire, was a French writer. He wrote novels, criticism, a play, and poetry. Gracq first studied in Paris at the Lycée Henri IV, where he earned his baccalauréat.

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   • Birth Date: July 27, 1910

7. www.independent.co.uk › news › obituariesJulien Gracq: Distinguished novelist known for his surrealism and

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   Dec 24, 2007 · But anything that helps to spread his fame after death cannot be all bad. He and his work are lessons to our expiring humanity. James Kirkup. Louis Poirier (Julien Gracq), writer: born St...

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   What did Julien Gracq write?

   • Julien Gracq ( French: [gʁak]; 27 July 1910 – 22 December 2007; born Louis Poirier in Saint-Florent-le-Vieil, in the French département of Maine-et-Loire) was a French writer. He wrote novels, critiques, a play, and poetry. His literary works were noted for their dreamlike abstraction, elegant style and refined vocabulary.

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   Who was Julien Gracq?

   • Julien Gracq was born Louis Poirier in Saint-Florent-le-Vieil in 1910. His family had lived there for centuries. He read a lot as a child and was particularly influenced by Jules Verne. He was sent to boarding school in Nantes, which he hated but, nevertheless, was a brilliant student. He then went to high school in Paris.

   Julien Gracq - The Modern Novel

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   How did Julien Gracq die?

   • Gracq lived a quiet life in his native town of Saint-Florent-le-Vieil, on the banks of the river Loire. On 22 December 2007, a couple of days after suffering a dizzy spell, he died at the age of 97 in a hospital in Angers . The Opposing Shore ( Le Rivage des Syrtes, 1951) is Julien Gracq's most famous novel.

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   What did Gracq do for a living?

   • Gracq was a schoolboy with exceptional abilities, and among his many prizes was Les Voyages et aventures du capitaine Hatteras, which in later life he was to declare his idol's masterpiece. As a youth, he was fascinated by Chateaubriand's Voyage en Amerique (1791) and by his Essai sur les Revolutions (1797).

   Julien Gracq: Distinguished novelist known for his surrealism and

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9. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › The_Opposing_ShoreThe Opposing Shore - Wikipedia

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   The Opposing Shore (French: Le Rivage des Syrtes) is a 1951 novel by the French writer Julien Gracq. The story is set at the border between two fictional Mediterranean countries, Orsenna and Farghestan, which have been at war for 300 years. It is Gracq's third and most famous novel.

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    What Buddhist burst of contemplation led Julien Gracq to write this strangely atypical historical fantasy? The Opposing Shore is set in the Venice-like maritime state of Orsenna which faces, across a strait, the Muslim kingdom of Farghestan. We follow the young, ambitious Aldo, who signs up with the Signory to be sent to Syrtes, in the dour old ...