Christian Liger (24 August 1935 – 3 December 2002^[1]) was a 20th-century French writer.

Christian Liger studied in Nîmes then at the University of Montpellier. He earned his doctorate in letters with a thesis entitled Les débuts d’André Suarès.

After he was active as a teacher then University professor, he devoted himself entirely to writing: novels, essays, theater.

His last work, Le Roman de Rossel (fictionalized biography of the officer Minister for War of the Paris Commune, Louis-Nathaniel Rossel), was awarded:

• The Grand Prix du Livre d'Histoire de la Société des Gens de Lettres 1998
• The bourse Goncourt de la Biographie 1998, unanimously bestowed on Saturday 26 September in Nancy.
• The prix Michel Dard 1999.

Christian Liger was a member of the Académie de Nîmes [fr].

Author

• 1963: Le Sorcier, directed by Marie-Claire Valène at Théâtre du Tertre in Paris
• 1969: La Tour d'Einstein Archived 17 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine, directed by Pierre Fresnay and Julien Bertheau

Adaptator

• 1975: Jésus II, after Joseph Delteil, directed by Jacques Échantillon, Tréteaux du Midi [fr]

• 1963: Les Noces de Psyché, Éditions Gallimard
• 1984: Histoire d'une famille nîmoise, les Paulhan, Cahiers Jean Paulhan, Gallimard.
• 1987: Nîmes sans visa : portrait d'une ville, Ramsay.
• 1992: Trois jours de chasse en montagne, Ed. Robert Laffont.
• 1996: Les Marches du Palais, Ed. Robert Laffont.
• 1998: Le Roman de Rossel, Ed. Robert Laffont.
• 1999: La Nuit de Faraman, Ed. Robert Laffont.
• 2001: Il se mit à courir le long du rivage, Ed. Robert Laffont.
• 2010: Nouvelles de l'exil, Atelier baie.

• Bastide, Bernard; Paulhan, Claire (2008). "Christian Liger, guide sensible et érudit". Balade dans le Gard;sur les pas des écrivains. Les écrivains vagabondent (in French). Paris: Alexandrines. pp. 186–191. ISBN 978-2-370890-01-6.
• Velay, Serge; Boissard, Michel; Bernié-Boissard, Catherine (2009). Petit dictionnaire des écrivains du Gard (in French). Nîmes: Alcide. pp. 153–154.