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Alain Veinstein

b. 1942

French writer

Radio producerRadio personality Poet
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About Alain Veinstein

Born 1942. Alain Veinstein is a French radio producer, radio personality, poet, novelist, painter and journalist.

Alain Veinstein (born 17 August 1942) is a poet and writer, winner of the Mallarmé prize and a host and producer of radio.

Biography Since 1978, Alain Veinstein is also the voice of the nights of France Culture with interviews on the program Du jour au lendemain, which ran from 1985 to 2014, and broadcasts, Surprised by the night, and surprised by the poetry. He created "The magnetic Nights" in 1978.

He interviewed Marguerite Duras.

Veinstein is essayist Laure Adler's husband.

Works

Fiction (The Piano Tuner). Calmann-Levy (1996) – "The narrator, who never knew his father, was raised by his grandfather, a dark and quiet man who worked as a gravedigger. When, in turn it becomes father words intended for his son missed. A novel about the incompatibility between human beings and on the descent. The Interviewer. Calmann-Levy (2002) – "The interviewer is a radio presenter for a literary program, viewers of all these writers. A day to force the speeches too well prepared, it feels to unlearn any language not to hear or understand ... " "The life of a Parisian art dealer in the Rue de Lappe somewhat disillusioned. (The Score). Grasset and Folio (2006) – "The man that I hardly ever approached in the flesh, I have always regarded as a kind of monster, a butcher ..." Dancing. The threshold then Folio (2006) – "The Story of a man who decides, after having spent years writing enclosed within four walls, to take his life last arm to the waist."

Non Fiction

Poetry

Anthologies

Notes and references

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Important facts

Birth century
Occupation
Radio producer, radio personality, poet, novelist, painter, journalist
Nationality
Positions held
President
Employers
Radio France
Awards
Prix de la langue française; Mallarmé Prize; Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres‎; Charles Brisset Literary Award

People in Alain Veinstein's life

Named in this biography and alive at the same time

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Alain Veinstein's

Frequently asked questions

Who is Alain Veinstein?

French writer

When was Alain Veinstein born?

Alain Veinstein was born on 17 August 1942 in Cannes.

What is Alain Veinstein's occupation?

Alain Veinstein is a radio producer, radio personality, poet, novelist, painter and journalist.

What nationality is Alain Veinstein?

Alain Veinstein is French.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Alain Veinstein

· Wikidata: Q2830346

· DBpedia: Alain Veinstein

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