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Guy Dupré

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Guy Dupré

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1928-02-27 (Unknown)
Died
2018-01-17 (Unknown) age 89
Nationality
French
Languages
French
Religion
Unknown Baptismal Name: Unknown

Career

Occupations
writer, publisher, editor
Active Years
1953-2018
Affiliations
Plon
Influenced By
Albert Béguin, André Breton, Julien Gracq, Marguerite Yourcenar

Awards

Prix Novembre
1989
Work: Les Manœuvres d'automne
Organization: Unknown
Result: winner
Grand Prix de Littérature Henri Gal
2003
Work: Dis-moi qui tu hantes
Organization: Académie française
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Les Fiancées sont froides

1953 novel

A poetic and initiatory account of a fugitive hussar during the Napoleonic wars, set on the shores of the Baltic Sea, bearing the imprint of German Romanticism.

German RomanticismNapoleonic warslove and death

Le Grand Coucher

novel

One of Dupré's novels.

Les Mamantes

1986 novel

Novel with memoir elements.

Les Manœuvres d'automne

1989 novel

Prix Novembre-winning novel.

Dis-moi qui tu hantes

2002 novel

Awarded Grand Prix de Littérature Henri Gal for this and lifetime achievement.

Bibliography

  • Les Fiancées sont froides (1953)
  • Les Mamantes (1986)
  • Les Manœuvres d'automne (1989)
  • C'est le sang de l'amour et le sang de la peine (1996)
  • Comme un adieu dans une langue oubliée (2001)
  • Dis-moi qui tu hantes (2002)
  • L'âme charnelle, Journal 1953-1978 (2010)

Translations by Author

  • Anthology of Maurice Barrès Mes Cahiers (1962)
  • Anthology of Maurice Barrès Chroniques de la Grande Guerre (1968)
  • Correspondence between Maurice Barrès and Charles Maurras (1970)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Unity of style unconcerned with traditional genresPoetic and initiatory narrative
Recurring Motifs
Influence of German RomanticismHussars and military themes

Legacy

French writer and publisher known for his unified style transcending genres, associated with the Hussards movement, awarded lifetime achievement by the Académie française.