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Ernest Pérochon

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Ernest Pérochon

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1885-02-24 (Courlay, Deux-Sèvres)
Died
1942-02-10 (Niort) age 57
Nationality
France
Languages
French
Religion
Protestant
Residence History
Courlay → Parthenay → Saint-Paul-en-Gâtine → Niort

Career

Occupations
teacher, novelist, poet
Active Years
1908-1942

Education

École Normale (Parthenay)
Primary Education
Period: 1900頃
Year of Graduation: 1900
Country: France
Teacher training school

Awards

Prix Goncourt
1920
Work: Nêne
Organization: Académie Goncourt
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Nêne

1920 Novel

A novel depicting the lives of poor people in the region. Winner of the Prix Goncourt.

povertyfamilyrural life
Translations
  • Translated into English in 1922

Bibliography

  • Les Creux-De-Maisons (1912)
  • Les Hommes Frénétiques (1925)

Adaptations

  • Les Gardiennes (1924) adapted into film in 2017

Translations of Works

  • Les Hommes Frénétiques translated by Brian Stableford as The Frenetic People in 2012

Style & Themes

Literary Style
realismscience fiction elements
Recurring Motifs
rural povertyfamily bonds

Health

  • heart attack
    1914年および1942年
    Suffered on the front lines in 1914 and cause of death in 1942

Legacy

Known as a French regional writer, Prix Goncourt winner. Schools and streets named after him.

In Popular Culture

  • Centennial commemoration in 1985

Trivia

  • His daughter's husband was a Resistance fighter and deputy prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials.