Prix Femina
1 appearances
-
Edition 5 (1908) Winner
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
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1908 | Prix Femina | La Vie secrète | — | — | winner |
| 1923 | Académie française member | — | — | Académie française | elected |
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 novelA 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.