About Jean-Pierre Milovanoff
Born 1940. Jean-Pierre Milovanoff is a French radio producer, writer, poet, children's writer and novelist.
Jean-Pierre Milovanoff (born 1940, in Nîmes) is a French writer, laureate of several literary prizes
Milovanoff's father was born in Russia and left his country in 1919; His mother is of Provencal origin. He studied letters at Montpellier and at the Sorbonne. He is a radio producer at France Culture and lived successively in Paris, Montpellier and Copenhagen. His first novel La Fête interrompue was published in 1970. He wrote three collections of poems entitled Borgo Babylone, La Ballade du lépreux et Noir devant.
In 1997, Jean-Pierre Milovanoff received the prix Goncourt des lycéens for his novel le Maître des paons.
He resides in Génolhac.
Works Novels 1970: La Fête interrompue, éditions de Minuit 1978: Rempart mobile, éditions de Minuit 1993: L'Ouvreuse, éditions Julliard 1994: La Rosita, Julliard 1995: Russe blanc, Julliard 1996: La Splendeur d'Antonia, Julliard, Prix France Culture. 1997: Le Maître des paons, Julliard, Prix Goncourt des lycéens. 1999: L'Offrande sauvage, éditions Grasset, Prix des libraires. 2000: Auréline, Grasset 2002: La Mélancolie des innocents, Grasset, Prix France Télévisions. 2004: Dernier Couteau, Grasset 2005: Le Pays des vivants, Grasset 2006: Tout sauf un ange, Grasset 2008: Emily ou la déraison, Grasset 2009: L'Amour est un fleuve de Sibérie, Grasset 2011: Terreur grande, Grasset 2012: L’Hiver d'un égoïste et le Printemps qui en suivit, Grasset 2014: Le Visiteur aveugle, Grasset 2015: Le Mariage de Pavel, Grasset
Theatre 1988: Squatt, éditions Comp'Act 1990: Le Roi d'Islande, éditions Comp'Act 1990: Side-car, éditions Comp'Act 1995: Cinquante mille nuits d’amour, éditions Julliard 1997: Ange des peupliers, éditions Julliard
Essay 1998: Presque un manège, éditions Julliard
Poetry 1997: Borgo Babylone, éditions Unes 1997: Une petite main, éditions Unes 1998: La Ballade du lépreux, éditions Unes 2004: Noir Devant, éditions Seghers
Books for children 2002: Les Sifflets de monsieur Babouch, éditions Actes Sud-Papiers 2006: Clam la rapide, éditions du Seuil 2008: La Carpe de tante Gobert, éditions Acte Sud-Papiers
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French radio producer and writer
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Jean-Pierre Milovanoff was born on 15 July 1940 in Nîmes.
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