About Michel Tournier
Michel Tournier was a French writer. He won awards such as the Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française in 1967 for Friday, or, The Other Island and the Prix Goncourt for The Erl-King in 1970. His inspirations included traditional German culture, Catholicism and the philosophies of Gaston Bachelard. He resided in Choisel and was a member of the Académie Goncourt. His autobiography has been translated and published as The Wind Spirit. He was on occasion in contention for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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Awards & Honors
National Order of the Cedar
Prix Goncourt
Grinzane Cavour Prize
Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg
Goethe Medal
Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française
Commander of the Legion of Honour
Grand Officer of the National Order of Merit
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Premio Malaparte
Commander's Grand Cross of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas
