Pascal Quignard (1948)

Pascal Quignard was born in 1948 in Verneuil. In 1994 he resigned from all his jobs. He has published eighty-four "Little Treatises," five novels, and translations from the Latin (Albucius, Porcius Latro), the Chinese (Kong-souen Long), and the Greek (Lycophron). The film, All the World's Mornings was made from Quignard's novel of the same title (Graywolf Press). Two other novels are also available in English: Alb clits (The Lapis Press) and The Salon in Württenberg (Grove Weidenfeld).