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Édouard Estaunié

エドゥアール・エスタニエ

Edouard Estaunié

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1862-02-04 (Dijon)
Died
1942-04-02 (Paris) age 80
Nationality
French
Languages
French
Residence History
Dijon → Paris

Career

Occupations
novelist, scientist, engineer, Post and Telegraph service employee, critic
Active Years
1891-1942
Affiliations
Académie française, Société des gens de lettres
Memberships
Société des gens de lettres (president 1926-1929)

Awards

Prix Femina
1908
Work: La Vie secrète
Result: winner
Académie française member
1923
Organization: Académie française
Result: elected

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

La Vie secrète

1908 novel

A psychological novel focusing on the silenced and unspoken in characters' lives.

soulsecret lifesolitude
Translations
  • English translation available

Bibliography

  • Un simple (1891)
  • Bonne Dame (1891)
  • L'Empreinte (1896)
  • Le Ferment (1899)
  • L'Épave (1891)
  • La Vie secrète (1908)
  • Les choses voient (1913)
  • Solitudes (1917)
  • L'ascension de M. Baslèvre (1920)
  • L'appel de la route (1921)
  • L'infirme aux mains de lumière (1923)
  • Tels qu'ils furent (1927)
  • Madame Clapain (1932)

Translations by Author

  • Traité pratique de télécommunication électrique (1904)

Translations of Works

  • L'appel de la route (translated by Ezra Pound as The Call of the Road, 1923)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Transition from naturalism to spiritual themesDeep psychological portrayal
Recurring Motifs
soulsecret lifesolitudeprovincial mores

Legacy

French novelist, elected to the Académie française. Known for exploring the inner secrets of characters, often set in provinces.

Trivia

  • Coined the word 'telecommunication' in 1904.
  • Anticlerical views influenced by Jesuit college education.