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Paul Fournel (born 20 May 1947 in Saint-Étienne) is a French writer, poet, publisher, and cultural ambassador. He was educated at the École normale supérieure of Saint-Cloud (1968–1972).
Paul Fournel est un écrivain français né le 20 mai 1947 à Saint-Étienne. Auteur de romans, de nouvelles, de poésies, de pièces de théâtre et d'essais, il a publié également des romans pour la jeunesse.
Sep 16, 2017 · Fournel tells the story of a time trial in Switzerland that Anquetil won six times in a row. The organisers, fearing the stifling effect of a seventh victory,...
The sounds, smells, pains and joys of riding with friends or alone, finding things on the road; getting lost, “re-reading” familiar routes; Paul Fournel’s classic comes as close as any book has to an encapsulation of why we all need the bike …
Aug 2, 2019 · Few writers are able to translate the physicality of cycling into prose like French write, Paul Fournel. Not just what it feels like to do but why we need to do it. He is an historian of the sport of longstanding, keeping alive the memories of old masters, from Anquetil to Agostinho.
Paul Fournel was born in 1947. He worked as a publisher with Ramsay & Seghers, and chaired the Société des gens de lettres. He was head of the Alliance Française in San Francisco, and a cultural attaché in Cairo and London. He now writes full time and cycles during the rest of the day.
Jul 4, 2019 · Paul Fournel is a French writer, poet, publisher and cultural ambassador. He was awarded the Prix Goncourt for short fiction for Les Athlètes dans leur tête. His Besoin de Vélo (translated into English as Need for the Bike and Vélo) is a classic cycling text, in which he describes himself as the Proust of the chute.
