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Félicien Marceau

フェリシアン・マルソー

Ferishian Marusō

Aliases: Louis Carette

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1913-09-16 (Kortenberg)
Died
2012-03-07 (Paris) age 98
Nationality
Belgian, French
Languages
French
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Kortenberg (Belgium, birthplace) → Paris (France)

Career

Occupations
Novelist, Playwright, Essayist
Active Years
1948-2012
Affiliations
Académie française
Memberships
Hussards

Awards

Prix Goncourt
1969
Work: Creezy
Organization: Académie Goncourt
Result: 受賞
Prix Interallié
1955
Result: 受賞
Académie française member
1975
Organization: Académie française
Result: 選出

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Creezy

1969 Novel

A satirical novel on modern society that won the Prix Goncourt.

Social satireModern life
Adaptations
  • [Film] Creezy / Pierre Granier-Deferre (1974)

La Bonne Soupe

1959 Play

Popular comedy play.

Human relationshipsComedy
Adaptations
  • [Film] La Bonne Soup / Robert Thomas (1964)

Bibliography

  • Chasseneuil (1948)
  • Casanova ou l’anti-Don Juan (1949)
  • Capri petite île (1951)
  • Chair et Cuir (1951)
  • L’Homme du roi (1952)
  • En de secrètes noces (1953)
  • L’École des moroses (1953)
  • Bergère légère (1953)
  • Caterina (1954)
  • Balzac et son monde (1955)
  • Les Élans du cœur (1955)
  • Les Belles Natures (1957)
  • L'Œuf (1957)

Adaptations

  • Three Girls in Paris (1963, dir. Gabriel Axel)
  • La Bonne Soupe (1964, dir. Robert Thomas)
  • L'Œuf (1972, dir. Jean Herman)
  • Creezy (1974, dir. Pierre Granier-Deferre)
  • Body of My Enemy (1976, dir. Henri Verneuil)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
SatiricalDramatic
Recurring Motifs
Human weaknessSocial critique

Legacy

Prix Goncourt winner and member of the Académie française. Associated with the right-wing Hussards literary movement.

Trivia

  • Real name Louis Carette.
  • Belgian-born French writer.
  • Académie française seat 21.