Pierre Gamarra

Pierre Gamarra
Gamarra in Toulouse, 1945
Born	Pierre Albert Gamarra (1919-07-10)10 July 1919 Toulouse, France
Died	20 May 2009(2009-05-20) (aged 89) Argenteuil, France
Occupation	Writer
Genre	Novel, Children's literature, Fable, Poetry, Essay
Subject	Toulouse, Midi-Pyrénées
Notable works	La Maison de feu (1948) Le Maître d'école (1955) La Mandarine et le Mandarin (1970) Mon cartable
Notable awards	Hélène Vacaresco Prize for Poetry 1943 National Council of the Resistance Prize 1944 Veillon International Grand Prize for the Novel 1948 Literature for the Youth Prize 1961 SGDL Grand Prize for the Novel 1985
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pierregamarra.com

Pierre Gamarra (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ gamaˈʁa]; 10 July 1919 – 20 May 2009) was a French poet, novelist and literary critic, a long-time chief editor and director of the literary magazine Europe.
Gamarra is best known for his poems and novels for the youth and for narrative and poetical works deeply rooted in his native region of Midi-Pyrénées.