Alain Nadaud, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Alain Nadaud

French novelist

Date of Birth: 05-Jul-1948

Place of Birth: Paris, Île-de-France, France

Date of Death: 12-Jun-2015

Profession: writer

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Alain Nadaud (5 July 1948 – 12 June 2015) was a French novelist, writer and diplomat.
He was born in Paris and studied literature at Nanterre, obtaining a master's degree.
He then taught literature abroad, in Nouakchott, Mauritania and in Basra, Iraq.
After completing a doctorate, he went abroad again to teach French in Kwara state in Nigeria.
Back in Paris, he taught philosophy until 1985. After the publication of his first novel Archéologie du zéro in 1984, he joined the publisher Denoël, where he was in charge of manuscripts.
After a stint with Ramsay, he worked at Balland and then Belfond.
He wrote for numerous journals before founding the literary magazine Quai Voltaire.
Known for his historical novels, he won the Prix Mediterranee for Auguste fulminant. Appointed to the French embassy in Tunisia in 1994, he later served as cultural attaché at the French consulate in Quebec.