Geneviève Fauconnier

Geneviève Fauconnier
A white woman with hair cut in bangs and dressed back to her nape
Geneviève Fauconnier
Born3 January 1886
Barbezieux, France
Died11 December 1969
Saint-Palais-de-Négrignac, France
OccupationNovelist
Known forPrix Femina, 1933
Notable workClaude (1933)
RelativesHenri Fauconnier (brother)

Geneviève Fauconnier (French pronunciation: [ʒənvjɛv fokɔnje]; 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.

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

  • 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

  1. ^ Tinkle, Lon (1939). "Chats with Henri Fauconnier". Books Abroad. 13 (4): 424–427. doi:10.2307/40081303. ISSN 0006-7431. JSTOR 40081303.
  2. ^ Strauss, Harold (5 September 1937). "A Tale of an Idyllic Childhood". The New York Times Book Review. p. 6. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Books: Notebook on Life". Time. 6 September 1937. ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  4. ^ Fauconnier, Geneviève (1937). Claude. Macmillan.
  5. ^ Fauconnier, Geneviève (1944). Pastorale: roman (in French). Stock.


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