François Salvaing

François Salvaing (born 1943, Casablanca) is a French journalist and writer, laureate of the Prix du Livre Inter in 1988.

Biography
François Salvaing was born in Morocco, then a French Protectorate. After studying literature in Paris, in 1974 he joined L'Humanité, the daily newspaper of the French Communist Party (PCF), as a journalist. He has been a PCF member since 1968.

In 2000, François Salvaing published by Stock a large volume entitled Parti, in which the novelist transposed his experience as a journalist into the character of Frederic Sans.

Work

 * 1989: De purs désastres
 * 1988: Misayre ! Misayre !, Prix du Livre Inter
 * 1990: Le tour du Tour par trente-six détours, éditions Messidor, ISBN 2-209-06301-9
 * 1991: Une vie de rechange
 * 1994: La Nuda
 * 1996: Vendredi treizième chambre
 * 1998: La Boîte
 * 2000: Parti, Stock, ISBN 2-234-05262-9
 * 2004: Le Cœur trouble and other short stories
 * 2006: Jourdain
 * 2007: Un alibi de rêve
 * 2008: Maud et Matilda
 * 2010: De purs désastres, édition aggravée
 * 2012: Un amour au pied du mur
 * 2014: 818 jours