Hervé Bazin (Jean-Pierre Hervé-Bazin) (April 7 1911, Angers - February 17 1996, Angers) was a French writer, whose best-known novels (based on his own life) covered topics of teenage rebellion and dysfunctional families. President of the Académie Goncourt from 1973.

Works

• Vipère au Poing, 1948 (Viper in the Fist)
• La Tête contre les murs, 1949
• Le Cri de la chouette, 1972
• Le Neuvième Jour, 1994