Claude Simon

Claude Simon
Simon in 1967
Simon in 1967
Born(1913-10-10)10 October 1913
Antananarivo, French Madagascar
Died6 July 2005(2005-07-06) (aged 91)
Paris, France
OccupationNovelist
NationalityFrench
Notable awardsNobel Prize in Literature
1985
SpouseRea Simon (died 2017)

Claude Simon (French: [klod simɔ̃]; 10 October 1913 – 6 July 2005) was a French novelist and was awarded the 1985 Nobel Prize in Literature.