Michel Butor
French writer (1926-2016) · France · On the map · Writers · Died at 89
Michel Butor was a French poet, novelist, teacher, essayist, art critic and translator.
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2016Died24 August 2016Grand prix de poésie de la SGDLAward2013Grand prix de littérature de l'Académie françaiseAward2006Mallarmé prizeAward1957Fénéon Prize for literatureAwardPrix RenaudotAward1926Born14 September 1926
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France
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Lived 1926 to 2016 · aged 89