Gonzague Saint Bris

Gonzague Saint Bris (16 January 1948 – 8 August 2017) was a French award-winning novelist, biographer and journalist. He won the 2002 Prix Interallié for "Les Vieillards de Brighton". He was the founder of La Forêt des livres, an annual book festival, and the Cabourg Film Festival. He was born in Loches, Indre-et-Loire.
Saint Bris was killed in a car crash on 8 August 2017 in Saint-Hymer, Calvados at the age of 69.