Jean-Claude Pirotte [SEP] date of birth
Jean-Claude Pirotte
Jean-Claude Pirotte (20 October 1939 – 24 May 2014) was a Belgian writer, poet and painter. A French language writer, his 2006 novel, "Une adolescence en Gueldre", won the Prix des Deux Magots.
Life.
Life Early years.
Jean-Claude Pirotte was born in Namur a couple of months after the German army had invaded and occupied Belgium. He grew up in nearby Gembloux. Both his parents were language teachers. During the Second World War his
Une adolescence en Gueldre
Une adolescence en Gueldre (An Adolescence in Gelderland) is a 2005 Belgian novel by Jean-Claude Pirotte that won the Prix des Deux Magots in 2006.
Publication.
"Une adolescence en Gueldre" is part of a series of books that Pirotte has published over a period of twenty years, in which his hero tells of his wanderings and experiences.
The novel was published on 22 August 2005 by Éditions de la Table ronde.
Jean-Claude Pirotte has published about thirty books