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Guy Mazeline

ギュイ・マズラン

Guy Mazeline

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1900-04-12 (Le Havre)
Died
1996-05-25 (Boulogne-Billancourt) age 96
Nationality
French
Languages
French

Career

Occupations
Writer
Active Years
1927-1967

Awards

Prix Goncourt
1932
Work: Les Loups
Organization: Académie Goncourt
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Les Loups

1932 Novel

Maximilien Jobourg inherits his father's business and lives comfortably with his wife and children, but family betrayals and deceptions unfold, culminating in the tragedy involving his illegitimate daughter Valérie, who commits suicide, leading Maximilien to drown himself at sea.

Family betrayalDeceitSuicideClass differences
Translations
  • The Wolves (translated by Eric Sutton, 1934)

Bibliography

  • Piège du démon, 1927
  • Porte close, 1928
  • Un royaume près de la mer, 1931
  • Les Loups, 1932
  • Le Capitaine Durban, 1934
  • Le Délire, 1935
  • Les Îles du matin, 1936
  • Bêtafeu, 1937
  • Le Panier flottant, 1938
  • Scènes de la vie hitlérienne, 1938
  • Pied d'alouette, 1941
  • La Femme donnée en gages, 1943
  • Tony l'accordeur, 1943
  • Un dernier coup de griffe, 1944
  • Le Souffle de l'été, 1946
  • Valfort, 1951
  • Chrétienne compagnie, 1958
  • Un amour d'Italie, 1967

Translations of Works

  • Les Loups (English: The Wolves, translated by Eric Sutton, 1934)

Legacy

Known for winning the Prix Goncourt in 1932 over Céline's Journey to the End of the Night, but now largely forgotten. His major work Les Loups has not been widely republished and lacks critical reevaluation.