Prix Goncourt
1 appearances
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Edition 12 (1914) Winner
Adrien Bertrand
アドリアン・ベルトラン
Adrien Bertrand
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1888-08-04 （Nyons, Drôme）
- Died
- 1917-11-18 age 29
- Nationality
- French
- Languages
- French
- Religion
- Unknown
- Residence History
- Nyons, Drôme → Paris
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, journalist, soldier
- Active Years
- 1908-1917
- Affiliations
- French Army Cavalry
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1916 | Prix Goncourt | L'Appel du sol | — | Académie Goncourt | winner |
Prix Goncourt
1916
Work:
L'Appel du sol
Organization:
Académie Goncourt
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
L'Appel du sol
1916 anti-war novelA novel about soldiers thrust into war, experiencing unexpected horrors, questioning motives and the destructive nature of blind patriotism.
anti-warpatriotismhorrors of war
Translations
- The Call of the Soil (1919, tr. J. Lewis May)
L'Orage sur le jardin de Candide
1917 short storiesA collection of four surrealist anti-war short stories completed weeks before death, reflecting cyclical history and introspection.
cyclical historysurrealismanti-war
Bibliography
- 1908 Catulle Mendès
- 1910 E. Brieux
- 1915 Les jardins de Priape
- 1916 L'Appel du sol
- 1917 L'Orage sur le jardin de Candide
- 1917 Le Verger de Cypris
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- surrealistintrospectiveanti-war
- Recurring Motifs
- horrors of warcyclical historypacifism
Health
-
Lung damage1914年10月-1917年11月Permanently bedridden, leading to focus on writing until death.
Legacy
Short career marked by Prix Goncourt win for surrealist anti-war novels written while dying from war wounds.
Trivia
- Confirmed pacifist but volunteered for WWI.
- Survived shrapnel wound for over three years, writing from deathbed.