Michel Déon
Michel Déon was a French novelist and literary columnist. He published over 50 works and was the recipient of numerous awards, including the Prix Interallié for his 1970 novel, Les Poneys sauvages. Déon's 1973 novel Un taxi mauve received the Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française. His novels have been translated into numerous languages.
4 August 1919
Born on the same birth day (4 August): David Bedford • David Raksin • Johann Gottlob Lehmann (scientist) • Mardy Collins • Mark Milligan • Marreese Speights • Naren Tamhane • Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Gloucester • Rupert Farley • Tomasz Kaczor • Vicente Álvarez Areces
Born in the same month (August 1919): Adamantios Androutsopoulos • Amrita Pritam • Benedict Kiely • George Shearing • List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients (E) • Malcolm Forbes • Margaret Burbidge • Nehemiah Persoff • Pee Wee Butts • Vladimir Abramovich Rokhlin • Walter Bernstein