L'Etat sauvage

Georges Conchon (1925-1990) was a French novelist, journalist, screenwriter, and civil servant best known for his Prix Goncourt-winning novel L'État sauvage (1964), which critiques post-colonial Africa, and screenplays for films like La Victoire en chantant (Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, 1976). Born in Saint-Avit, Puy-de-Dôme, he worked as a Senate debate secretary while publishing novels addressing capitalism and colonialism, earning additional awards including Prix Fénéon (1956) and Prix des Libraires (1960), and honors like Chevalier of the Legion of Honour. French NYT Obituary