Jean Reverzy

Jean Reverzy (1914–1959) is a French general practitioner from Lyon who won the Prix Renaudot in 1954 for Le Passage ("The Passage"), his first novel. It described the slow anguish of a patient with liver problems who returned with a tired wahine of Polynesia. It is a fascinating description of the passage from life to death, in a raw and realistic manner, including poetic nostalgia.

Another work, Place des angoisses ("Place of Anguishes"), the Bellecour place in Lyon&mdash;the medical area of the city&mdash;appears ghostly like death.