{{Short description|French writer (born 1950)}} {{Infobox writer <!-- For more information see :Template:Infobox Writer/doc. --> | name = Alain Absire | image = Alain Absire.JPG | imagesize = | alt = | caption = Absire in 2008 | pseudonym = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1950}} | birth_place = Rouen, France | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | occupation = | language = French | nationality = | ethnicity = | citizenship = | education = | alma_mater = | period = | genre = | subject = | movement = | notableworks = ''L'Égal de Dieu'' | spouse = | partner = | children = | relatives = | influences = | influenced = | awards = Prix Femina | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | portaldisp = }} '''Alain Absire''' ({{IPA|fr|alɛ̃ apsiʁ}}; born 1950) is a French writer, and winner of the Prix Femina, 1987, for ''L'Égal de Dieu''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tous les lauréats du Prix Femina|url=http://www.prix-litteraires.net/femina_liste.php|publisher=Femina|accessdate=2 February 2011| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20101222215715/http://prix-litteraires.net/femina_liste.php| archivedate= 22 December 2010 <!--DASHBot-->|url-status = live}}</ref>
== Works == He is the author of about 20 books published by Albin Michel, Calmann-Lévy, Julliard, {{Interlanguage link|Zulma (publisher)|lt=Zulma|fr|Zulma}}, Flammarion etc., his publications include:
;Novels: *1979: ''L'Homme disparu'', Albin Michel *1983: ''Vasile Evanescu, l'homme à tête d'oiseau'', Calmann-Lévy (Prix Libre 1984) *1984: ''118, rue Terminale'', Calmann-Lévy *1985: ''Lazare ou le grand sommeil'', Calmann-Lévy *1987: ''L'Égal de Dieu'', Calmann-Lévy, Prix Femina *1990: ''Baptiste ou la dernière saison'', Calmann-Lévy *1995: ''L'Enfant-lune'', Julliard *1997: ''Alessandro ou la guerre des chiens'', Flammarion *1999: ''Les Noces fatales'', Flammarion *2000: ''Le Pauvre d'Orient'', Presses de la Renaissance *2002: ''Lapidation'', Fayard *2003: ''La Déclaration d'amour'', Fayard *2004: ''Jean S''., Fayard *2007: ''Sans pays'', Fayard *2014: ''Mon sommeil sera paisible'', Gallimard
;Short stories: *1985: ''L'Éveil'', Le Castor astral *1989: ''Mémoires du bout du monde'', Presses de la Renaissance *1991: ''Les Tyrans'', Presses de la Renaissance *2006: ''Au voyageur qui ne fait que passer'', Fayard *2008: ''Saga italienne'', NiL Éditions
;Essays: *2004: ''Alejo Carpentier'', Julliard
;Collections: *2004: ''Lettres à Dieu'', collectif, Calmann-Lévy
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