Geneviève Fauconnier (Barbezieux, 3 January 1886 – Saint-Palais-de-Négrignac, 11 December 1969) was a French novelist who lived in the south of the Charente département (France). She was one of the most sensitive members of the so-called Groupe de Barbezieux. Her brother, Henri Fauconnier (Prix Goncourt in 1930)[1] and Jacques Chardonne (Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française in 1932) were some of the most famous writers of this group.
Geneviève Fauconnier | |
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Born | 3 January 1886 Barbezieux, France |
Died | 11 December 1969 Saint-Palais-de-Négrignac, France |
Occupation | Novelist |
Known for | Prix Femina, 1933 |
Notable work | Claude (1933) |
Relatives | Henri Fauconnier (brother) |
She won the Prix Femina in 1933 with her novel Claude. Harold Strauss's 1937 review of Claude in The New York Times featured a large portrait of Fauconnier.[2] Time magazine also reviewed Claude in 1937.[3]
Complete work
edit- Les trois petits enfants bleus, 1927
- Micheline à bord du Nibong, 1932 (written in 1910)
- Claude, 1933 (Prix Femina)[4]
- Les étangs de la Double, 1935
- Pastorale, 1942[5]
- Christine et les Micocouliers, 1948
- Les enfances du Christ, 1956
- Évocations, 1960
References
edit- ^ Tinkle, Lon (1939). "Chats with Henri Fauconnier". Books Abroad. 13 (4): 424–427. doi:10.2307/40081303. ISSN 0006-7431. JSTOR 40081303.
- ^ Strauss, Harold (5 September 1937). "A Tale of an Idyllic Childhood". The New York Times Book Review. p. 6. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
- ^ "Books: Notebook on Life". Time. 6 September 1937. ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
- ^ Fauconnier, Geneviève (1937). Claude. Macmillan.
- ^ Fauconnier, Geneviève (1944). Pastorale: roman (in French). Stock.