René Frégni
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Career
Frégni owned a restaurant on the main square of Manosque, which he sold after his business associate was arrested for money laundering.[2] He wrote about the experience in his 2004 novel entitled Lettre à mes tueurs.[3]
Frégni is the author of 15 novels. He won the Prix Eugène-Dabit du roman populiste for Les chemins noirs in 1989.[4] He also won the Prix Mottart from the Académie française for Tendresse des loups in 1990.[5] He also the Prix Paul-Léautaud for Elle danse dans le noir in 1998, the Prix Antigone for On ne s'endort jamais seul in 2001, the Prix Monte-Cristo for Tu tomberas avec la nuit in 2009, and the Prix Jean-Carrière for La Fiancée des corbeaux in 2011.[6] Moreover, he won the Targa Jean Giono in 2012.[7]
