Writing · Writer · Story · Novel
Born Dec 19, 1924 · Paris, France
Active 1980–2016 · Awards: Prix Goncourt, Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg, Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française, Goethe Medal, Grinzane Cavour Prize, Premio Malaparte, Commander of the Legion of Honour, Commander's Grand Cross of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas
Michel Tournier (19 December 1924 − 18 January 2016) was a French writer. He won awards such as the Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française in 1967 for Friday, or, The Other Island and the Prix Goncourt for The Erl-King in 1970.