Christian Liger
Christian Liger was a 20th-century French writer.
Biography
Christian Liger studied in Nîmes then at the University of Montpellier. He earned his doctorate in letters with a thesis entitled Les débuts d’André Suarès.After he was active as a teacher then University professor, he devoted himself entirely to writing: novels, essays, theater.
His last work, Le Roman de Rossel, was awarded:
- The Grand Prix du Livre d'Histoire de la Société des Gens de Lettres 1998
- The bourse Goncourt de la Biographie 1998, unanimously bestowed on Saturday 26 September in Nancy.
- The prix Michel Dard 1999.
Theatre
;Author- 1963: Le Sorcier, directed by Marie-Claire Valène at Théâtre du Tertre in Paris
- 1969: , directed by Pierre Fresnay and Julien Bertheau
- 1975: Jésus II, after Joseph Delteil, directed by Jacques Échantillon,
Works
- 1963: Les Noces de Psyché, Éditions Gallimard
- 1984: Histoire d'une famille nîmoise, les Paulhan, Cahiers Jean Paulhan, Gallimard.
- 1987: Nîmes sans visa : portrait d'une ville, Ramsay.
- 1992: Trois jours de chasse en montagne, Ed. Robert Laffont.
- 1996: Les Marches du Palais, Ed. Robert Laffont.
- 1998: Le Roman de Rossel, Ed. Robert Laffont.
- 1999: La Nuit de Faraman, Ed. Robert Laffont.
- 2001: Il se mit à courir le long du rivage, Ed. Robert Laffont.
- 2010: Nouvelles de l'exil, Atelier baie.