Roger Bordier (5 March 1923 – June 2015) was a French writer, winner of the 1961 Prix Renaudot. Biography Bordier was born in Blois. He began working as a journalist in Blois and Paris. He then became an art critic for Art today. He published his first collection of poems in Seghers. He penned short stories. His first novel was The Fifth Season, published by Calmann-Levy. His third novel, The Corn, won the Prix Renaudot in 1961. He then published A Golden Age, which was adapted for television by Fernand Marzelle and continued publishing essays on criticism. Roger Bordier was a professor at the École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs, where he taught history of modern art and sociology of contemporary aesthetics. Works References External links 1923 births 2015 deaths Writers from Blois French journalists 20th-century French poets Academic staff of Paris Sciences et Lettres University French art critics 20th-century French novelists 21st-century French novelists 20th-century French male writers Prix Renaudot winners 21st-century French poets 21st-century French male writers French male essayists French male poets French male novelists French male short story writers 20th-century French short story writers 21st-century French short story writers 20th-century French essayists 21st-century French essayists