Julien Gracq

The great French writer and critic Julien Gracq was the author of 20 published works - novels, essays, plays and narratives, Julien Gracq worked in solitude avoiding French literary circles and scorning media attention. Hating the publicity and commercialisation that attend literay prizes, Gracq refused to accept the Goncourt Prize, France's highest literary award, in 1951.

The great French writer and critic Julien Gracq was the author of 20 published works - novels, essays, plays and narratives, Julien Gracq worked in solitude avoiding French literary circles and scorning media attention. Hating the publicity and commercialisation that attend literay prizes, Gracq refused to accept the Goncourt Prize, France's highest literary award, in 1951. See less