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Francis de Miomandre

フランシス・ド・ミオマンドル

Furanshisu do Miomandoru

Pen Names: Francis de MiomandreUsed his mother's surname as nom de plume

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1880-05-22 (Tours)
Died
1959-08-01 (Saint-Brieuc) age 79
Nationality
France
Languages
French, Spanish
Residence History
Marseille (1888-1898)

Career

Occupations
novelist, translator, critic, screenwriter
Active Years
1904-1959
Affiliations
Mercure de France, L'Art et les artistes
Memberships
Club des longues moustaches

Education

Jesuit College of St. Ignatius
Literature
Period: 1888-1898
Year of Graduation: 1898
Country: France
During residence in Marseille

Awards

Prix Goncourt
1908
Work: Écrit sur l'eau...
Organization: Académie Goncourt
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Écrit sur l'eau...

1908 Novel

Highly imaginative novel that won the Prix Goncourt.

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Gazelle (Mémoire d'une tortue)

1910 Novel

Story from a unique perspective.

animal perspective

La Cabane d’amour ou le Retour de l’oncle Arsène

1919 Novel

Adapted into a film.

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Adaptations
  • [Film] Shelter of Love, or The Return of Uncle Arsene (1923)

Translations by Author

  • José Enrique Rodó 'Selected pages'
  • Luis de Góngora 'Twenty-four sonnets'

Style & Themes

Literary Style
highly imaginativelight and clear language
Recurring Motifs
travelromance

Legacy

French novelist and translator who won the Prix Goncourt. Renowned for translating Spanish literature.