Dominique Fernandez
Dominique Fernandez | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Fernandez in 2009 | |
| Born | 25 August 1929 |
| Alma mater | École normale supérieure |
| Known for | Member of the Académie Française |
| Spouse | Diane de Margerie |
| Children | 2 |
Dominique Fernandez (born 25 August 1929) is a French writer of novels, essays and travel books. Much of his writing explores
homosexual experience and creativity.[1] In 1982 he won the Prix Goncourt for his novel about Pier Paolo Pasolini; and in 2007 he was elected a member of the Académie Française.[2]
Biography
Fernandez was born in France on 25 August 1929, in
École Normale Supérieure. He gained a doctorate in Italian literature
.
In 1957 and 1958 he taught in Naples at the French Institute. Fernandez's literary career began in 1958 with a study of the modern Italian novel. He then worked as a literary critic for the weekly, L'Express and as a reader for the publishers Grasset. He holds a regular column in the Swiss magazine of art and culture: Artpassions.
In 1961, he married
Le Nouvel Observateur and for an opera periodical. When he became a member of the Académie Française in 2007, he chose for the hilt of his ceremonial sword an image of Ganymede
.
Further reading
- L. Cairns, Privileged Pariahdom: homosexuality in the novels of Dominique Fernandez (1996)
References
- ^ Gianoulis, Tina (2007), "Dominique Fernandez", glbtq.com, archived from the original on 2008-01-07, retrieved 2007-12-25
- ^ Dominique Fernandez academie-francaise.fr
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