Henri Queffélec

Henri Queffélec (29 January 1910 – 13 January 1992) was a French writer and screenwriter. He studied at the lycée Louis-le-Grand and then the École normale supérieure. He obtained the "agrégation de lettres" in 1934. He is considered the great maritime novelist in French of the 20th century; Queffélec was the author of more than 80 books, many of which were inspired by his native Brittany and by the sea, e.g. Un re…