Michel Tournier (French: [tuʁnje]; 19 December 1924 − 18 January 2016) was a French writer. He won awards such as the Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française in 1967 for Friday, or, The Other Island and the Prix Goncourt for The Erl-King in 1970. His inspirations included traditional German culture, Catholicism and the philosophies of Gaston Bachelard. He resided in Choisel and was a member of the Académie Goncourt. His autobiography has been translated and published as The Wind Spirit (Beacon Press, 1988). He was on occasion in contention for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Michel Tournier
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מישל טורנייה, Μισέλ Τουρνιέ, Michel Tournier, and 17 others
Michael Tournier, میشل تورنیه, Mišels Turnjē, Мишель Турнье, تورنيي، ميشيل, ميشيل تورنيه, ミシェル・トゥルニエ, മിഷേൽ തൂർണിയേ, Мішель Турньє, トゥールニエ, M トゥルニエ, მიშელ ტურნიე, Tournier, Мишел Турние, ミシェル トゥルニエ, 米歇尔·图尼埃, Michel Edouard Tournier - Born:
- Dec. 18, 1924
- Died:
- Jan. 18, 2016
