Georges L. Godeau

Georges L. Godeau was born in 1921 in Villiers-en-Plaine, France, and worked as an engineer, specializing in rural areas. He also devoted himself to writing; his first book was published in 1962 and he published fifteen more books before his death in 1999. Several more volumes have appeared posthumously. His work won the Prix du Livre in Poitou- Charentes in 1991. While his work has been widely translated into Japanese and Russian, English translations, aside from a few in the early seventies,...See more

Georges L. Godeau was born in 1921 in Villiers-en-Plaine, France, and worked as an engineer, specializing in rural areas. He also devoted himself to writing; his first book was published in 1962 and he published fifteen more books before his death in 1999. Several more volumes have appeared posthumously. His work won the Prix du Livre in Poitou- Charentes in 1991. While his work has been widely translated into Japanese and Russian, English translations, aside from a few in the early seventies, have appeared only since 2001. See less