Le Moissonneur d'épines

Georges Govy (1913–1975) was a French writer and journalist born in Yevpatoria, Crimea, to a Russian father who was a famous painter killed during the October Revolution. Georges Govy Wikipédia He worked as a seaman, foreign correspondent (befriending André Malraux during the Spanish Civil War), and volunteered in World War II, later winning the prestigious 1955 Prix Renaudot for his novel Le Moissonneur d'épines (The Harvester of Thorns), among notable works like Sang russe and Sang d'Espagne. Georges Govy Wikipédia