French novelist Simon dies at 91

Claude Simon, one of France's leading post-war novelists, has died in Paris aged 91.

He was a prominent figure of the 1950s movement known as the Nouveau Roman which did not tell a story but aimed to create a dream-like atmosphere.

Born in Madagascar in 1913, the writer received the Nobel prize for literature in 1985.

One of his most famous novels was Road to Flanders, which was set during World War II.

He was educated in France and England and later supplied guns to Spanish Republicans.