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Charles Derennes

シャルル・ドレンヌ

Sharuru Derennu

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1882-08-04 （Charente）
Died
1930-04-27 （Villeneuve-sur-Lot） age 47
Nationality
France
Languages
French, Occitan
Residence History
Villeneuve-sur-Lot → Talence → Paris → Landes → Hossegor

Career

Occupations
novelist, essayist, poet
Active Years
1904-1930

Education

Lyceum of Talence
Literature
Period: 1892-1899
Year of Graduation: 1899
Country: France
Met Émile Despax and Marcel Gounouilhou

Awards

Prix Femina
1924
Work: Émile et les autres
Organization: Prix Femina committee
Result: winner
Legion of Honour
1925
Category: 騎士
Organization: French Government
Result: knight

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Émile et les autres

1924 essay

Third volume of Bestiaire sentimental series. Tender attention to animals.

animalssentiments

Le Peuple du Pôle

1907 novel

Science fiction novel about people of the pole.

SFexploration
Translations
  • Translated into English by Brian Stableford

Bibliography

  • L'Énivrante angoisse
  • La Tempête
  • La Chanson des deux Jeunes Filles
  • Perséphone
  • Romivatge
  • L'Amour fessé
  • The People of the Pole
  • La Vie et la Mort de M. de Tournèves
  • Les Caprices de Nouche
  • Le Béguin des Muses
  • Le Miroir des Pécheresses
  • Nique et ses Cousines
  • Vie de Grillon
  • La Chauve-Souris
  • Émile et les autres

Translations by Author

  • Romivatge (Occitan poems)

Translations of Works

  • Le Peuple du Pôle English translation

Style & Themes

Literary Style
poetictender narrative
Recurring Motifs
animalsregionalism

Legacy

French poet, novelist, and essayist known for winning the Prix Femina. Authored over 50 books, popular for animal-themed works.

Trivia

  • Published poetry collection Romivatge in Occitan
  • Prix Femina winner for the third volume of Bestiaire sentimental series
  • Served as a military nurse during WWI