# Alain Absire

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{{Short description|French writer (born 1950)}}
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'''Alain Absire''' ({{IPA|fr|alɛ̃ apsiʁ}}; born 1950) is a French writer, and winner of the [Prix Femina](/source/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](/source/Femina_(journal))|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](/source/Albin_Michel), [Calmann-Lévy](/source/Calmann-L%C3%A9vy), [Julliard](/source/%C3%89ditions_Julliard), {{Interlanguage link|Zulma (publisher)|lt=Zulma|fr|Zulma}}, [Flammarion](/source/Groupe_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](/source/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](/source/%C3%89ditions_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](/source/NiL_%C3%89ditions)

;Essays:
*2004: ''Alejo Carpentier'', Julliard

;Collections:
*2004: ''Lettres à Dieu'', collectif, Calmann-Lévy

==References==
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Category:Writers from Rouen
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Category:French literary critics
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Category:French male non-fiction writers
Category:Date of birth missing (living people)

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