Agnès de La Gorce (February 8, 1895, Lille — July 7, 1976, Paris) was a French writer and historian.
Agnès de La Gorce | |
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| Born | Agnès Marguerite Marie Charlotte de La Gorce 8 August 1895 |
| Died | 7 July 1976 (aged 80) |
| Resting place | Cimetière de Verchocq |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation(s) | writer and historian |
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Biography edit
Agnès de La Gorce is the daughter of the historian and academician Pierre de La Gorce, to whom she dedicated a work in 1948,[1] and of Marie Mailhard de la Couture; she is the aunt of the journalist and historian Paul-Marie de La Gorce.[2]
In 1959, after having been distinguished several times by the French Academy, she received the Gustave Le Mallais-Larivière prize for her works.[3]
She was a member of the Prix Femina jury from 1945 until her death in 1976.[4][5]
Publications edit
- Robert Hugh Benson, prêtre et romancier, 1871-1914, Paris, Plon, 1928, 301 p. (Juteau-Duvigneaux award from the French Academy in 1929)
- Les douloureux débuts de Francis Thompson, 1931
- Un pauvre qui trouva la joie. Saint Benoît Labre, 1933
- Francis Thompson et les poètes catholiques d’Angleterre, Paris, Plon, 1933, 261 p. (Bordin award from the French Academy)
- Wesley, maître d'un peuple (1703-1791), 1940 (Eugène Carrière award from the French Academy in 1941)
- Saint Benoît Labre : le pèlerin de la joie , Paris, Éditions franciscaines, 1946 ; traduction en anglais : Saint Benedict Joseph Labre (trad. Rosemary Sheed), New York, 1952
- Une vocation d’historien : Pierre de La Gorce, Paris, Plon, 1948, 225 p.
- Camisards et dragons du Roi , Paris, Albin Michel, 1951, (Albéric-Rocheron award from the French Academy)
- Le vrai visage de Fénelon, Paris, Hachette, 1958
- Sainte Chantal, Tours, Mame, 1961, 97 p.
References edit
- ^ "PIERRE DE LA GORCE de Mlle Agnès de la Gorce". Le Monde.fr (in French). 1948-04-09. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
- ^ Qui êtes-vous?: Annuaire des contemporains; notices biographiques (in French). C. Delagrave. 1783.
- ^ "Agnès de LA GORCE - Académie française". www.academie-francaise.fr. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
- ^ Nels, Jacques (1989-01-01). Fragments détachés de l'oubli (in French). FeniXX réédition numérique. ISBN 978-2-402-15528-1.
- ^ Ducas, Sylvie (2003). "Le prix Femina : la consécration littéraire au féminin Femina Prize : a Female Literary Recognition" (PDF). erudit.org. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
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