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Anne de Tourville

アン・ド・トゥールヴィル

Anne de Tourville

Aliases: Anne Marie Nouel de Tourville de Buzonnière

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1910-08-26 (Bais, Ille-et-Vilaine)
Died
2004-09 (Vitré, Ille-et-Vilaine) age 94
Nationality
France
Languages
French
Residence History
Morieux → Saint-Servan → Dinard → Bais → Vitré

Career

Occupations
novelist, miniature painter
Active Years
1944-1958
Affiliations
Salon des artistes français

Awards

Prix Femina
1951
Work: Jabadao
Organization: Académie française
Result: 受賞
Prix interallié de Bretagne
1944
Work: Les gens de par ici
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Les gens de par ici

1944 regional literature

Novel depicting local people.

Breton life

Jabadao

1951 regional literature

Lyrical evocation of Breton traditions and landscapes.

Breton traditionslandscapes

Matelot Gaël

1953 maritime literature

Maritime-themed novel.

seaBrittany

Femmes de la mer

1958 maritime literature

Depicts women in maritime society.

women's rolesmaritime culture

Bibliography

  • Les gens de par ici (1944)
  • Jabadao (1951)
  • Matelot Gaël (1953)
  • Femmes de la mer (1958)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
poeticrooted in placeregionalist literature
Recurring Motifs
Brittanymaritime culturecoastal communitiesrole of women

Legacy

Renowned Prix Femina winner whose works poetically depict Brittany's maritime culture and traditions, contributing to 20th-century French regionalist literature.

Trivia

  • Exhibited miniature paintings at the Salon des artistes français.
  • Passed away in the home of friends' children who helped her family during World War II.