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Joseph Peyré

ジョゼフ・ペイレ

Joseph Peyré

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1892-03-13 (Aydie (Pyrénées-Atlantiques))
Died
1968-12-26 (Cannes) age 76
Nationality
France
Languages
French
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Béarn

Career

Occupations
Writer, Journalist
Active Years
1922-1968
Influenced By
Joseph Kessel

Education

Lycée Louis-Barthou
Law and Philosophy
Degree: Doctor of Laws, Bachelor of Philosophy
Country: France
Studied in Pau, Paris, and Bordeaux

Awards

Prix Goncourt
1935
Work: Sang et Lumières
Organization: Académie Goncourt
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Sang et Lumières

1935 Novel

A novel about the Spanish Civil War, depicting loneliness and exaltation of man.

SpainExaltation of manLoneliness

L'Escadron blanc

1931 Novel

Set in the Sahara desert.

DesertTravels

Matterhorn

1939 Novel

Mountain-themed novel.

Mountains

Bibliography

  • Sur la terrasse, 1922
  • Francis Carco, 1923
  • Les Complices, 1928
  • Xénia, 1930
  • L'Escadron blanc, 1931
  • Le Chef à l'étoile d'argent, 1933
  • Sous l'étendard vert, 1934
  • Coups durs, 1935
  • Sang et Lumières, 1935
  • L'Homme de choc, 1936
  • Roc-Gibraltar, 1937
  • De cape et d'épée, 1938
  • Matterhorn, 1939
  • Croix du sud, 1942
  • Mont Everest, 1942
  • Proie des ombres, 1943
  • Romanesque Tanger, 1943
  • Sahara éternel, 1944
  • Un soldat chez les hommes, 1946
  • Mallory et son dieu, 1947
  • La Tour de l'or, 1947
  • L'Étang Réal, 1949
  • La Légende du goumier Saïd, 1950
  • Inoa, 1951
  • De mon Béarn à la mer basque, 1952
  • Guadalquivir, 1952
  • Jean le Basque, 1953
  • La Passion selon Séville, 1953
  • Le Puits et la Maison, 1955
  • Les Quatre Capitaines, 1956
  • De sable et d'or, 1957
  • Une fille de Saragosse, 1957
  • Pays basque, Les Albums des Guides bleus, 1957
  • Souvenirs d'un enfant, 1958
  • Le Pont des sorts, 1959
  • Le Pré aux ours, 1959
  • Cheval piaffant - un Basque chez les Sioux, 1960
  • Le Plan du soleil, 1960
  • Les Lanciers de Jerez, 1961
  • Les Remparts de Cadix, 1962
  • L'Alcade de San Juan, 1963
  • Feu et sang de juillet, 1964

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Novelist of loneliness and the exaltation of man
Recurring Motifs
Desert and travels through the sandSpainMountainsBéarn

Legacy

His memory lives on in Vic-Bihl taurine traditions with the Joseph Peyré trophy. Garlin college named after him.

In Popular Culture

  • Peña Garlin awards the Joseph Peyré trophy annually

Trivia

  • His father was a schoolteacher.