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Lucien Fabre

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Lucien Fabre

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1889-02-14 （Pampelonne, France）
Died
1952-11-26 （Paris, France） age 63
Nationality
France
Languages
French
Residence History
Pampelonne, River Garonne region, France → Paris, France

Career

Occupations
novelist, essayist, poet, businessman, artist
Active Years
1921-1952
Influenced By
Paul Valéry, Leon-Paul Fargue, Jacques Thibaud, Léon Blum, Jean Jaurès

Awards

Prix Goncourt
1923
Work: Rabevel ou le Mal des ardents
Result: winner
Grand Prix of Histoire Académie française
1948
Work: Jeanne d'Arc
Organization: Académie française
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Les théories d'Einstein: une nouvelle figure du monde

1921 Popular science

A popular science book on Einstein's theories with a controversial fake preface.

Rabevel ou le Mal des ardents

1923 Novel

Goncourt Prize-winning novel.

Jeanne d'Arc

1948 History

Book on Joan of Arc, awarded Grand Prix of Histoire.

Bibliography

  • Les théories d'Einstein: une nouvelle figure du monde
  • Rabevel ou le Mal des ardents
  • Le Tarramagnou
  • Vanikoro
  • Le Paradis des amants
  • Le Rire et les rieurs
  • Bassesse de Venise, précédé de La Traversée de l'Europe en avion et du légat
  • Le Ciel de l'oiseleur
  • Connaissance de la déesse
  • Dieu est innocent: tragédie
  • Jeanne d'Arc

Style & Themes

Literary Style
extreme eclecticismdifficult to read
Recurring Motifs
country lifeatmosphere of austere and poor land

Legacy

Fabre is now largely forgotten, probably because of his extreme eclecticism which made his style difficult to read. He kept all his life an affection for country life.

Trivia

  • Published a book in 1921 using a forged preface attributed to Einstein, leading to controversy.