Prix Renaudot (Prix Théophraste-Renaudot)
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Edition 20 (1945) Winner
Henri Bosco
アンリ・ボスコ
Henri Bosco
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1888-11-16 （Avignon）
- Died
- 1976-05-04 （Nice） age 87
- Nationality
- France
- Languages
- French
- Religion
- Roman Catholic
- Residence History
- Avignon → Lourmarin
Career
- Occupations
- writer, novelist
- Active Years
- 1924-1976
- Influenced By
- Saint John Bosco
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | Prix Renaudot | Le Mas Théotime | — | — | winner |
| 1949 | Prix des Ambassadeurs | — | — | — | winner |
| 1953 | Grand prix national des Lettres | — | — | — | winner |
| 1966 | Prix de l'Académie de Vaucluse | — | — | — | winner |
| 1967 | Grand prix de la Mediterranée | — | — | — | winner |
| 1968 | Grand Prix de Littérature de l'Académie française | — | — | — | winner |
Prix Renaudot
1945
Work:
Le Mas Théotime
Result:
winner
Prix des Ambassadeurs
1949
Result:
winner
Grand prix national des Lettres
1953
Result:
winner
Prix de l'Académie de Vaucluse
1966
Result:
winner
Grand prix de la Mediterranée
1967
Result:
winner
Grand Prix de Littérature de l'Académie française
1968
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Le Mas Théotime
1945 novelA story set on a Provençal farm.
Provençal lifemystery
Translations
- The Farm Théotime
L'Enfant et la Rivière
1945 children's literatureA boy's adventure with the river.
naturegrowth
Translations
- The Boy and the River / The Child and the River
Malicroix
1948 novelA story about inheritance.
fateriver
Translations
- Malicroix (trans. Joyce Zonana, 2020)
Bibliography
- Pierre Lampédouze
- Le Sanglier
- Le Trestoulas with L'Habitant de Sivergues
- L'Ane Culotte
- Hyacinthe
- L'Apocalypse de Saint Jean
- Bucoliques de Provence
- Le Jardin d'Hyacinthe
- Le Mas Théotime
- L'Enfant et la Rivière
- Monsieur Carre-Benoît à la campagne
- Sylvius
- Malicroix
- Le Roseau et la Source
- Un Rameau de la nuit
- Des sables à la mer. Pages marocaines
- Sites et Mirages
- Antonin
- L'Antiquaire
- Le Renard dans l'île
- Les Balesta
- Sabinus
- Barboche
- Bargabot
- Saint Jean Bosco
- Un Oubli moins profond
- Le Chemin de Monclar
- L'Epervier
- Le Jardin des Trinitaires
- Mon Compagnon de songes
- Le Récif
- Tante Martine
- Une Ombre
- Des nuages
Translations of Works
- Culotte the Donkey
- The Farm Théotime
- The Boy and the River
- Monsieur Carre-Benoît in the Country
- The Fox in the Island
- Barboche
- The Dark Bough
- Malicroix
- The Child and the River
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- poeticmystical
- Recurring Motifs
- Provençal landscapesriversnature
Legacy
French writer known for sensitive evocations of Provençal life. Nominated for Nobel Prize in Literature four times, winner of Prix Renaudot and others.
Trivia
- Related to Saint John Bosco through his father.
- Of Provençal, Ligurian, and Piedmontese origin.