Julien Gracq
Julien Gracq (French: [gʁak]; 27 July 1910 – 22 December 2007; born Louis Poirier in Saint-Florent-le-Vieil, in the French département of Maine-et-Loire) was a French writer. He wrote novels, critiques, a play, and poetry. His literary works were noted for their dreamlike abstraction, elegant style and refined vocabulary. He was close to the surrealist movement, in particular its leader André Breton.
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Gracq in 1951 | |
| Born | Louis Poirier 27 July 1910 Saint-Florent-le-Vieil, Maine-et-Loire, France |
| Died | 22 December 2007 (aged 97) Angers, France |
| Occupation | Novelist, critic, playwright, poet |
| Education | University of Paris |
| Period | 1938–2002 |
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