Prix Goncourt
1 appearances
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Edition 9 (1911) Winner
Alphonse de Châteaubriant
アルフォンス ド シャトーブリアン
Arufonsu do Shatōburian
Aliases:
Alphonse Van Bredenbeck de Châteaubriant
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1877-03-25 （Rennes, France）
- Died
- 1951-05-02 （Kitzbühel, Austria） age 74
- Nationality
- French
- Languages
- French
- Residence History
- France → Austria
Career
- Occupations
- writer, journalist
- Active Years
- 1908-1951
- Affiliations
- Groupe Collaboration
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1911 | Prix Goncourt | Monsieur de Lourdines | — | Académie Goncourt | winner |
| 1923 | Grand prix du roman de l'Académie française | La Brière | — | Académie française | winner |
Prix Goncourt
1911
Work:
Monsieur de Lourdines
Organization:
Académie Goncourt
Result:
winner
Grand prix du roman de l'Académie française
1923
Work:
La Brière
Organization:
Académie française
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française
1 appearances
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Edition 9 (1923) Winner
Works
Major Works
Monsieur de Lourdines
1911 novelA novel about a nobleman's passion for equestrianism
aristocracynature
La Brière
1923 novelA novel depicting life in the Brière region
naturecommunity
Bibliography
- Le Baron de Puydreau
- Monsieur de Buysse
- Monsieur de Lourdines
- La Brière
- La Meute
- Locronan
- La Réponse du Seigneur
- La Gerbe des forces
- Le bouquet fané
- Les pas ont chanté
- ...Des saisons et des jours...
- Fragments d'une confession – La sainteté
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- rich natural descriptions
- Recurring Motifs
- naturecommunityspirituality
Legacy
Known as a Prix Goncourt winner, but after a 1935 visit to Germany, he became a Nazi supporter, engaged in pro-Nazi activities during the war, and fled to Austria postwar.
Trivia
- Became a Nazi supporter after 1935 Germany visit
- Founded pro-Nazi weekly La Gerbe in 1940
- Fled to Austria in 1945 under alias Dr. Alfred Wolf
- Died in a monastery in Kitzbühel