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Gilles Lapouge


Born
in Digne, France
November 07, 1923

Died
July 31, 2020


Gilles Lapouge is a French writer and journalist with the daily O Estado de S. Paulo. He won the 2007 Prix Femina Essai.

He grew up in Algeria, where his father was military. After studying history and geography, he became a journalist. In 1950 he moved to Brazil. For three years he worked for the Brazilian newspaper O Estado de São Paulo, where he remains a correspondent in France for more than forty years. Back in France, he worked in Le Monde, the Figaro Littéraire and Combat . He participated in the Bernard Pivot program, "Ouvrez les guillemets" ("Open the quotes") which became Apostrophes". In France Culture, he produced the show "Agora" and then "En étrange pays" ("in foreign countries").

He serves on the editorial board of La Quinzaine ...more

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Average rating: 3.45 · 161 ratings · 17 reviews · 56 distinct works
Les pirates
3.55 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 1987
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Dictionnaire amoureux du Br...
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The Battle of Wagram
3.31 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1986 — 11 editions
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Atlas des Paradis Perdus
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L'incendie de Copenhague: R...
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L'Ane et l'abeille
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Pirates And Buccaneers
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La mission des frontières
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L'encre du voyageur
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Un soldat en déroute: Roman
3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1978 — 5 editions
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