The biography of Michel Tournier

Born to a Gascon father and mother, he spent his youth in Saint-Germain and Neuilly-sur-Seine. His classmate was Roger Niemeyer. He was educated in German culture, music and Catholicism. Later, he discovered the ideas of Gaston Bachelard. He studied philosophy at the Sorbonne and Tübingen. During the course of study it was hoped to teach philosophy in high schools, but there was no further development. He joined Radio France Internationale, where he studied and developed French culture. In 1954, he explained Europe in an advertisement. It is also dedicated to the newspapers Le Monde and Le Figaro. From 1956 to 1968 he worked as a German translator for Plon. At the same time, he continued to work as a reporter at a radio station, where he was responsible for issuing darkrooms. He participated in 1968, a gathering established with Lucien de Arles Photography.

In 1967 he published his first novel Friday or Limbo on the Pacific, which won the Prix Rome du France

Académie Fran?aise. His wish was to write an essay on popular philosophy. In 1970, his second novel, The Alder King, won the Prix Goncourt unanimously and has sold 4 million copies. The following year, he released "Friday or Primitive Life" on June 30 - a simplified version of "Friday or Limbo on the Pacific". He did not like to write a book for children, so having this power read to children is a quality criterion. This book became a school classic. It sold 7 million copies and was translated into 40 languages.

In 1972, Michel Tournier became a member of the Academy Goncourt and was elected to the seventh covering, succeeding Philippe. In 1975 he published his third novel, Meteor, which tells the story of two twins, John and Paul.

He lived in Choisel in an ancient house and was reading the Council of Gallimard. Considered a "classic", Tournier is read by most people of all ages and in all countries, and his fictional world, very much influenced by German poetry and German literature (it recognizes Günter Grass as a major influence on all his work) is inhabited The Monster, a pair of twins, is an androgynous and crossover-themed inversion. It is divided into reality and fantasy. .Although criticism may enhance its reading of the original mythology, religious and historical retrogression, or language that reflects the richness, high density and polysemy that brought freshness and usefulness to the French novel in the 1970s. He was awarded the Goethe Medal in 1993 and an honorary doctorate from the University of London in 1997.

He worked in German universities, French radio stations and publishing houses. In 1967, he published "Friday, also known as The Ethereal Land in the Pacific," which won the Grand Prix for Fiction from the French Academy and was borrowed from "Robinson Robinson" by British writer Defoe. The theme of "Crues" reveals the theme of the relationship between people and others and the world. In 1970, he published "The Alder King" and won the Goncourt Literary Prize. In 1972, he was elected as an academician of the Goncourt Academy. Three In the past ten years, he has published many novels and literary treatises. In 1996, he launched "Ere Hazard or Spring and Thorns". The French "Reading" magazine published a conversation between him and journalist Mariana Peyo.

Died in his home on January 18, 2016, at the age of 91. French President Francois Hollande issued a statement of condolences, describing him as a "great author" with unlimited talent.