About Jean-François Coatmeur
Lived 1925 – 2017 (aged 92). Jean-François Coatmeur was a French crime fiction writer, novelist and writer.
Jean-François Coatmeur (26 July 1925 – 11 December 2017) was a French crime fiction writer.
He was born in Pouldavid, near Douarnenez in 1925, and later moved to Brest. In 1976, he won the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière for Les Sirènes de minuit. His 1980 work La Bavure was awarded the Prix Mystère de la critique in 1981. In 1992, Coatmeur received the Prix Bretagne for Des croix sur la mer. He died in Brest at the age of 92 on 11 December 2017.
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French crime writer (1925–2017)
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Jean-François Coatmeur was born on 26 July 1925 in Pouldavid-sur-Mer.
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Jean-François Coatmeur died on 11 December 2017 in Brest.
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Jean-François Coatmeur was a crime fiction writer, novelist and writer.
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Jean-François Coatmeur was French.
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