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Nicolo Peccavi

by Armand Lunel

Prix Renaudot · 1926 · Winner
Literary FictionISBN 9780785940647

Award History

AwardYearStatus
Prix Renaudot1926Winner

About the Author

Armand Lunel (1892–1977) was a French writer of Provençal Jewish background, best known for his novel Nicolo-Peccavi (1926), which earned him the Prix Renaudot, and for librettos to operas by Darius Milhaud including Les malheurs d'Orphée (1924) and Esther de Carpentras (1938).com He wrote extensively about Provençal Jewish culture and taught law and philosophy in Monaco.

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