About Paul Colin
Lived 1920 – 2018 (aged 98). Paul Colin was a French writer and novelist.
Paul Colin (; 15 May 1920 – 20 March 2018) was a French novelist who received the Prix Goncourt in 1950 for Les jeux sauvages. Colin died in March 2018 at the age of 98.
Works Les jeux sauvages, Éditions Gallimard, Paris, 1950. Translated into English as Savage Play, Dutton, New York, 1953 Terre paradis, Gallimard, 1959
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Who was Paul Colin?
French novelist (1920-2018)
When was Paul Colin born?
Paul Colin was born on 10 February 1920 in Sens.
When did Paul Colin die?
Paul Colin died on 20 March 2018 in Clamart.
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Paul Colin was a writer and novelist.
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Paul Colin was French.
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