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Francis Marmande

Francis Marmande (10 January 1945 – 25 December 2025) was a French author, musician and journalist for the French newspaper Le Monde from 1977. Marmande also served as the director of a modern literature laboratory (Littérature au présent) at Paris Diderot University.

Life and career

Marmande was born on 10 January 1945. He graduated in 1966 from the École Normale Supérieure in Saint-Cloud. A jazz critic, Marmande also played double bass and recorded with the Jac Berrocal Group. He was a contributor to Jazz Magazine from 1971 to 2000, which he also helped illustrate from 1976 to 1994.

From 2006, he had a regular column in Le Monde, writing on topics such as jazz, bullfighting, and literature.

Marmande died from cancer in Paris on 25 December 2025, at the age of 80.

Bibliography

  • Bataille politique, Presses Universitaires de Lyon, 1985.
  • L’Indifférence des ruines, Parenthèses, 1985.
  • La Mémoire du chien, Fourbis, 1993.
  • Œillet rouge sur le sable, avec Florence Delay, Fourbis, 1994.
  • La Perfection du bonheur, Descartes & Cie, 1994
  • Le Chemin des dames, Fourbis, 1995.
  • La Housse partie, Fourbis, 1997.
  • La Chambre d’amour, éditions du Scorff, 1997.
  • Suzanne un jour, avec Rodrigo de Zayas, Esprit des péninsules, 1999.
  • Chutes libres, Farrago, 2000.
  • La Police des caractères, Descartes & Cie, 2001.
  • Curro, Romero, y Curro Romero, Verdier, 2001
  • À partir du lapin, Verdier, 2002
  • Rocío, Verdier, 2003

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