Guy Lagorce
{{Short description|French journalist and athlete (1937–2023)}}
{{Other uses|Lagorce (disambiguation){{!}}Lagorce}}
Guy Lagorce (12 January 1937 – 13 July 2023) was a French journalist and writer, and winner of the 1984 prix des libraires.
Biography
Guy Lagorce was born in La Bachellerie (Dordogne). Lagorce became a sprint international athlete (100m, 200m and member of the French team). He improved the national record of the 4 × 100 m in 1961 at Thonon with Paul Genevay, Claude Piquemal and Jocelyn Delecour in 39.9 and that of Europe in the 4 × 200 m also in 1961 with the same compatriot sprinters. He has 13 team selections from France.
Lagorce then became a sports journalist and chief editor at L'Équipe, TF1, Le Figaro, Paris Match and L'Express.
In addition, as a writer, several films and television films have been made on television and in films from his books, in particular by Jacques Ertaud and Yves Boisset.
Guy Lagorce died on 13 July 2023, at the age of 86.{{cite news |title=Landes : l’écrivain, ancien journaliste et sprinter Guy Lagorce s’est éteint à l’âge de 86 ans |url=https://www.sudouest.fr/sport/landes-l-ecrivain-ancien-journaliste-et-sprinter-guy-lagorce-s-est-eteint-a-l-age-de-86-ans-15932224.php |access-date=15 July 2023 |publisher=Sud Ouest |date=15 July 2023}}
Work
- 1972: La Fabuleuse Histoire des Jeux Olympiques, cowritten with {{interlanguage link|Robert Parienté|fr}}, Minerva. {{ISBN|978-2-8307-0583-6}} — Prix de l'Académie des Sports
- 1975: Noblesse du sport, cowritten with Robert Parienté, illustrations by André Dunoyer de Segonzac and André Planson
- 1976: Ne pleure pas, Éditions Grasset, {{ISBN|2246003008}} — Prix Maison de la Presse
- 1977: La Vitesse du vent, Éditions Julliard, {{ISBN|2260000835}}
- 1979: Marie en plein soleil, France Loisir, {{ISBN|2724206711}}
- 1980: La Raison des fous, Grasset, {{ISBN|2246250900}}
- 1980: Les Héroïques, Éditions Gallimard, {{ISBN|2710308460}} — Prix Goncourt de la nouvelle and prix Cazes
- 1981: Les Carnassiers, Grasset, {{ISBN|2246249619}}
- 1983: Le Train du soir, Grasset, {{ISBN|2246304512}} — Prix des libraires
- 1985: Rue des Victoires, Grasset, {{ISBN|2246352517}}
- 1988: Fin de soirée, Grasset, {{ISBN|2246381118}}
- 1992: Les Dieux provisoires, JC Lattès, {{ISBN|2709611147}}
- 1994: Du vent sous la peau, JC Lattès, {{ISBN|2709613700}}
- 1995: Peinture fraîche, JC Lattès, {{ISBN|2709616009}}
- 1997: La Fine Équipe, JC Lattè, {{ISBN|978-2709617543}}
- 1999: Quelqu'un de bien, Plon, {{ISBN|2259187382}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.babelio.com/auteur/Guy-Lagorce/73227 Guy Lagorce] on Babelio
- [http://www.ina.fr/audio/PHY03006269 Guy Lagorce] on Radioscopie (22 June 1978)
- [https://www.whoswho.fr/bio/guy-lagorce_4474 Guy Lagorce] on Who's Who?
- [http://www.bibliopoche.com/ecrivain/Guy-Lagorce/24575.html Guy Lagorce] on Bibliopoche
- [http://www.lexpress.fr/infos/pers/guy-lagorce.html Articles by Guy Lagorce] on L'Express
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Category:French sports journalists
Category:20th-century French writers
Category:French male sprinters
Category:Prix Goncourt de la nouvelle recipients
Category:Prix des libraires winners
Category:Prix Maison de la Presse winners
Category:Sportspeople from Dordogne
Category:FISU World University Games bronze medalists for France
Category:Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)