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Maxence Van der Meersch

マクサンス・ヴァン・デル・メールシュ

Makusansu Van deru Mēreshu

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1907-05-04
Died
1951-01-14 （Le Touquet） age 43
Nationality
French
Languages
French
Religion
Roman Catholicism Baptized in 1936
Residence History
Wasquehal → Le Touquet

Career

Occupations
writer, lawyer
Active Years
1932-1951
Influenced By
Paul Carton, Émile Zola

Awards

Prix Goncourt
1936
Work: L'Empreinte du dieu
Result: 受賞
grand prix de l'Académie française
1943
Work: Corps et âmes
Organization: Académie française
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

L'Empreinte du dieu

1936 novel

A novel about the imprint of God.

realismworking class

Corps et âmes

1943 novel

Novel centered on ideas of Dr. Paul Carton, international success.

healthnutritionwork environment
Translations
  • translated into 13 languages

Bibliography

  • La Maison dans la dune (1932)
  • Car ils ne savent ce qu'ils font... (1933)
  • Quand les sirènes se taisent (1933)
  • La fille pauvre Tome I: Le Péché du monde (1934)
  • Invasion 14 (1934)
  • Maria, fille de Flandre (1935)
  • L'Empreinte du dieu (1936)
  • Pêcheurs d'hommes (1936)
  • L'Elu (1936)
  • Corps et âmes (1943)
  • La fille pauvre Tome II: Le Cœur Pur (1948)
  • La fille pauvre Tome III: La Compagne (1955)
  • Masque de chair (1958)

Adaptations

  • La Maison dans la dune (film 1988)

Translations of Works

  • Several works translated to English and others

Style & Themes

Literary Style
realismregionalismdetailed fichés
Recurring Motifs
Nord working-class lifereligious conversionFlemish heritage

Health

  • tuberculosis
    晩年
    Cause of death. Delicate health from youth.

Legacy

Great success in lifetime, lower profile today. Books in print, admirers' society, film adaptation.

In Popular Culture

  • 1988 film The House on the Dune

Trivia

  • Father was Nietzschean atheist.
  • Mother became alcoholic.
  • Lifelong love Thérèze inspired works.
  • Converted to Catholicism in 1936.