Jean Raspail

French author, traveler, and explorer (1925-2020) · France · On the map · Writers · Died at 94

Jean Paul Raspail was a French explorer, novelist and travel writer. He was a recipient of the prestigious French literary awards Grand Prix du Roman and Grand Prix de littérature by the Académie Française. The French government honoured him in 2003 by appointing him to the Legion of Honour, with the grade of Officer.

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6.0 times the usual readers on 10 November. 2,673 readers on 10 November, against about 448 a day before the rise.

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2020Died13 June 20202007Grande Médaille d'Or des ExplorationsAward2006Prix littéraire de l'armée de terre - Erwan BergotAward2004Daudet PrizeAward2003Grand prix de littérature de l'Académie françaiseAwardOfficer of the Legion of HonourAward2002Prix des intellectuels indépendantsAward2001Grand prix Jean-GionoAward1996Prince Pierre AwardAward1993Prix Renaissance des LettresAward1988Paulée de Meursault PrizeAward1987Prix du Livre InterAward1986Prix ChateaubriandAward1981Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie françaiseAward1970Jean Walter PrizeAward1925Born5 July 1925

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Grande Médaille d'Or des Explorations2007

Prix littéraire de l'armée de terre - Erwan Bergot2006

Daudet Prize2004

Officer of the Legion of Honour2003

Grand prix de littérature de l'Académie française2003

Prix des intellectuels indépendants2002

Grand prix Jean-Giono2001

Prince Pierre Award1996

Prix Renaissance des Lettres1993

Paulée de Meursault Prize1988

Prix du Livre Inter1987

Prix Chateaubriand1986

Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française1981

Jean Walter Prize1970

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Although the majority of his books are travelogues or novels about historical figures, exploration and indigenous peoples, internationally, he is best known for his controversial 1973 novel The Camp of the Saints, which is about mass third-world immigration to Europe.

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