Bertrand Visage is a French academic and writer.

Bertrand Visage
Born8 March 1952 (1952-03-08) (age 72)
Chateaudrun, Eure et Loir, France
OccupationAcademic and author
LanguageFrench
Notable worksAu pays des nains
Tous les soleils
Angelica
Notable awardsFénéon Prize
Prix Femina
Albert Camus Prize

He was a Professor of Literature in France for 3 years before moving to Italy to teach French literature for 2 years at the University of Catania in Sicily and afterwards at Naples Eastern University. Following a 2 years residence at the French Academy in Rome at the Villa Medici, he returned to Palermo, Sicily as a cultural attaché at the French Embassy. From 1987 to 1992 he taught French literature at the University of Rome and at the University of Naples.[1]

His novels Tous les soleils and Angelica were both set in Sicily. Tous les soleils won the Prix Femina in 1984[2] and Angelica the Albert Camus Prize in 1988.

In 1983 he had won the Fénéon Prize for his earlier novel Au pays des nains

References edit

  1. ^ "Les auteurs français contemporains". lalettre.com. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  2. ^ "Tous les lauréats du Prix Femina". Femina. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2011.