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Frédéric Couderc

French writer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 13, 2026
Entity authorityQ3089730 ↗
Source-derived summary

Frédéric Couderc (born 1965) is a French writer. He is the author of seven novels, including Un été blanc et noir (Prix du roman populaire 2013), Le jour se lève et ce n’est pas le tien (2016) and Aucune pierre ne brise la nuit (2018).

He is known for moving to the countries that are to be the settings of his novels.

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The public source identifies “Frédéric Couderc” as french writer. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Frédéric, Couderc and French.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1965, 2013, 2016, 2018—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1965-01-01. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Frédéric, Couderc and French providing the first useful test.
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A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Frédéric Couderc”, the useful work is to connect “french writer” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

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Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 13, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3089730. VIAF identifies the subject as 29569336. The Library of Congress control number is nr91030780. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1965, 2013, 2016 and 2018.

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This entry incorporates text from “Frédéric Couderc” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.