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Edmond Gojon

エドモン・ゴジョン

Edmond Gojon

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1886-04-11 (Philippeville, Algeria)
Died
1935-04-05 age 48
Nationality
French
Languages
French
Residence History
French Algeria → Paris → Algiers

Career

Occupations
poet, writer
Active Years
1903-1935
Influenced By
José-Maria de Heredia

Education

Lycée Henri-IV
Country: France

Awards

Prix Femina
1920
Work: Le Jardin des dieux
Organization: Prix Femina committee
Result: 受賞
Prix Archon-Despérouses
1912
Work: La Grenade
Organization: Académie française
Result: 受賞
Prix Artigue
1932
Work: Le Marchand de nuages
Organization: Académie française
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Le Jardin des dieux

1920 poetry

A poetry collection themed around gods, winner of Prix Femina.

mythologyAlgeria

Le Marchand de nuages

1930 poetry

L’Empire de Cérès

1933 poetry

Bibliography

  • 1904: Antiquailles dorées
  • 1907: Les Cendres de l'urne
  • 1908: Poèmes de la douleur et de la solitude
  • 1910: Le Visage penché
  • 1912: La Grenade
  • 1913: Le Petit Germinet
  • 1920: Le Jardin des dieux
  • 1927: En Algérie avec la France
  • 1928: La légende de Barberousse, roi d’Alger
  • 1930: Cent ans d'effort français en Algérie. Boufarik.
  • 1932: Le Marchand de nuages
  • 1933: L'Empire de Cérès

Adaptations

  • J'accuse (1919 film) - adaptation of Émile Zola's J'accuse for Abel Gance

Style & Themes

Literary Style
ParnassianistSymbolist
Recurring Motifs
AlgeriaFrench Algeria

Legacy

20th-century French poet and writer known for works themed on French Algeria, winner of Prix Femina, and adapter of Zola's J'accuse for film.