Essayist and novelist Guy Scarpetta dies at 79
A longtime presence in French literary and artistic life, Scarpetta had spent decades writing on art across essays, novels and journal contributions. He died on September 28, according to Le Monde.
Guy Scarpetta, the French writer who placed art at the center of his essays and novels, has died at 79, Le Monde reports. He passed away on September 28.
According to Le Monde, Scarpetta had been an important figure in French literary and artistic life since the late 1960s, contributing to numerous journals over the decades. The newspaper's account does not detail his individual books or their subjects beyond noting that art remained the throughline of his work across both essay and fiction forms.
No further biographical details, titles, or circumstances of his death were given in the available report.
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