Philippe Le Guillou

1959 -

photo credits: Wikimedia Commons

country of citizenship: France

native language: French

languages spoken, written or signed: French

educated at: Lycée Chateaubriand, University of Rennes 2 – Upper Brittany

occupation: writer, literary critic

award received: Prix Médicis, Prix Méditerranée, Louis Guilloux Prize, Prix Breizh, Prix Ève Delacroix, Officer of the Legion of Honour, Knight of the National Order of Merit, Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres

position held: dean

influenced by: Julien Gracq, André Malraux, Anatole Le Braz, Yves Tanguy, Patrick Grainville, Michel Tournier, Henri Queffélec

official website: perso.wanadoo.fr/luc.vigier/plg/index.htm

Philippe Le Guillou is a French writer. He was born in Finistère in 1959. A prolific writer, he has published around 40 books, including fiction and non-fiction. He won the Prix Médicis for Les Sept Noms du peintre and the Prix Mediterranee for La Rumeur du soleil. Source: Wikipedia (en)