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Léon Eugène Frapié

レオン・ウジェーヌ・フラピエ

Léon Eugène Frapié

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1863-01-27 (Paris)
Died
1949-09-29 (Paris) age 86
Nationality
France
Languages
French
Residence History
Paris

Career

Occupations
novelist, journalist
Active Years
1897-1949

Awards

Prix Goncourt
1904
Work: La Maternelle
Organization: Académie Goncourt
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

La Maternelle

1904 realistic novel

A moving picture of disillusioned manners of children in poor neighborhood schools.

povertychildreneducation
Adaptations
  • [film] La Maternelle (1933)

Bibliography

  • L’Institutrice de province (1897)
  • Marcelin Gayard (1902)
  • La Maternelle (1904)
  • Les Obsédés (1904)
  • L’Écolière (1905)
  • La Boîte aux Gosses (1907)
  • La Figurante (1908)
  • Les Contes de la maternelle (1910)
  • Les Contes de la guerre (1915)
  • Les Bonnes Gens (1918)
  • Nouveaux Contes de la maternelle (1919)
  • Les Amies de Juliette (1922)
  • Les Filles à marier (1923)
  • La Divinisée (1927)
  • Gamins de Paris
  • Les contes de Paris

Style & Themes

Literary Style
realistic
Recurring Motifs
childrenpovertyeducation

Legacy

Most known for the 1904 Prix Goncourt winning novel La Maternelle. His work is connected with the tradition of the realistic novel.

In Popular Culture

  • The 1933 film adaptation was ranked among the best foreign language films by the National Board of Review in 1935.